Ghostlight

critic Reviews

, 99% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • A small film that elicits a huge emotional response, Ghostlight is a deeply moving and superbly acted meditation on grief.
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    Stephen RomeiThe Australian
    This deeply moving, highly intelligent film is about love, loss, grief, regret, repressed emotions, healing and the value of human connection. Its star should receive an Oscar nomination.
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    Claudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    It deals with [grief and loss] in a really fresh way.
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    Sara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
    Directors Kelly O’Sullivan (who also provides the exquisite screenplay) and Alex Thompson have delivered a hushed, confidently devastating, and ultimately hopeful drama that never follows a traditional path.
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    Ty BurrWashington Post
    “Ghostlight” is a nice film and sometimes a lovely one about the therapy that can come with art and pretending, and its message is soothing enough to make one wish things always worked this way.
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    Richard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
    The final performance, the final healing, is as heartwarming and heartbreaking as anything that has gone before.
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    Odie HendersonBoston Globe
    “Ghostlight” uses Dan’s journey as a kind of therapy, giving him the safe space to channel his bottled-up sadness into not just a performance, but a deeper understanding of what brought about that sadness.
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    Michael WardShould I See It
    I hope you find this film. Ghostlight is one of the best films of 2024.
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    Nagier ChambersBig Gold Belt Media
    Standout Katherine Mallen Kupferer performance will deliver chills! Not to take away from anyone else but this maybe her best performance yet!
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    Jeffrey OverstreetLooking Closer
    If [it] were filmed with greater visual imagination ... and a more subtle and creative approach to entangling Dan’s tragedy with the text of Romeo and Juliet, I'd probably find a place for it in my 2024 top five list.
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    Erik ChildressMovie Madness Podcast
    The creators of Saint Frances top themselves with an emotional puzzle about grieving and anger supplemented by the cathartic joy of reinvention through the arts as a medium to exorcise those feelings.
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