Review of A Ghost Story (2017) by Beecee — 08 Aug 2017

A Ghost Story attempts profundity, and there is an A list cast, but I felt that it was ultimately unsuccessful. Casey Affleck is acting without speaking and with a sheet over his body most of the time, so you can't really get much emotion out of it.

Couldn't the ghost be portrayed in a fashion that could still show facial features and emotion? I felt that his relationship with his wife, Rooney Mara, should have been the focus of the movie, but she leaves the movie too soon, and she doesn't have any interaction with the ghost.

Any potentially interesting avenue to explore (like the relationship with the ghost next door) is given short shrift. No, I didn't expect a horror film with a lot of action, but I still expected more interaction among the characters.

As others have said before, it was boring and uninvolving.