Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be - hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award17 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's a sweetly affecting tug of the heart.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Minghella lays on the whimsy a bit thick at times, but his wryly funny and heartfelt observations on sorrow go down much easier than the Hollywood brand of lump-in-the-throat histrionics.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
Miss Stevenson, Mr. Rickman and Mr. Maloney, good actors all, work tirelessly on behalf of the insistently gooey and smug material.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
This sharply scripted study of a bereaved woman who literally wishes her partner back from the grave is an impressive directorial bow by British playwright Anthony Minghella.