Review of A Ghost Story (2017) by Mark H — 14 Oct 2017

The premise is thin, the dialogue is scant and the acting is good. Although I really wanted to accept this concept and be moved by it, which I ALMOST was, I found myself waiting for something profound or something more emotional to make me feel moved.

The acting is decent, but once I read about the making of this movie, I understood better why it's really a short-scheduled, small-budget one-trick pony. It does work. But it could have been SO moving and meaningful, I think the opportunity for a masterpiece was there.

Instead, a couple grave mistakes are made. Instead of the subtle haunting that goes on in the first half of the film, the director goes full poltergeist in one scene that really undermines this movie for me.

Also, the time loop stuff at the end is confusing, and not well realized. I respect what they were going for, and they almost got there.