Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) by Shannon D — 22 Oct 2013

An excellent and unique twist on Dickens A Christmas Carol.

This review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) was written by Shannon D on 22 Oct 2013.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Rachel M (709) on 27 Nov 2013

I've watched this movie at least 3 times. it is not much funny. it tells some important things about love. be a faithful lover…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Wilman A (427) on 06 Aug 2016

Matthew McConaughey goes mellow , still work !!! Kudos…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Joetaeb D (716) on 31 Aug 2015

While it features a nice modern twist on the classic Christmas carol story, Ghosts of Girlfriends past stays too close to it's inspirations…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Mar 2016

The movie is cheesy, tacky, and gimmicky. But as directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), it's also prankish and inventive enough to be kind of fun…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Jamie C (1,664) on 29 Jul 2016

This was an ok movie, but it wasn't very funny and it was a bit boring…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Laura Hiros (161) for Rincón de cine (104) on 19 Mar 2018

Nothing new under the sun with this flirtatious and entertaining production that fully completes its purpose. [Full review in Spanish]…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Kevin M. W (1,682) on 22 Feb 2018

This romcom inventively hitches it's star to Dicken's A Christmas Carol, but instead of Scrooge, who has no love for the species of mankind,…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Briain D (98) on 18 Dec 2013

Really terrible, almost unbearable…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Christine R (413) on 31 Jul 2014

Absolute crap, typical predictable rom-com with a Scrooge like plot, but the small parts played by Michael Douglas and Emma Stone were good,…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Karla E (290) on 31 Aug 2014

Cute. Has it's moments. Emma is one of the best parts of it…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

By Jane Crowther (96) for Total Film (3,532) on 24 Apr 2009

An undercooked, rapidly unravelling script, low-grade production values (is that the best future costume you have…

Read Review

Review of Old Dogs (2009)

By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 28 Mar 2017

Exhausted as the premise already is -- hapless boomer learns that real manhood is a function of committed fatherhood -- Old Dogs nevertheless…

Read Review

Review of Up in the Air (2009)

By Chetb (2) on 31 Jan 2010

Can't believe I wasted $11.75 on this steaming pile of garbage. Clooney doesn't so much act as play himself at his most annoyingly charming…

Read Review

Review of Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Mar 2015

White is cast in this film as a “guardian angel” and adds another level of painful homosexual confusion and stereotyping to the film…

Read Review

Review of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

By Doyouvoodoo (2) on 12 Jul 2011

This is a pure unadulterated CRINGE FEST from start to finish. It is a pretentious arty/farty emo annoying musical pile of poop…

Read Review

Review of Tooth Fairy (2010)

By Aaronpaul121 (79) on 24 May 2012

This movie is like a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the movie industry. Dwayne Johnson is super bad in this one…

Read Review

Review of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

By Xander W (4) on 02 Apr 2007

I thought this was a very slow film and I love the Classics. but this was horrible. I did like the ending and the Sea Captian. I love his personality…

Read Review

Review of Gregory's Girl (1980)

By Eurydice H (1) on 29 Jun 2006

Dull, uneventful and highly dated…

Read Review

Review of Youth in Revolt (2009)

By Kam Williams (1,272) for Sly Fox (88) on 09 Jan 2010

As for Michael Cera's career? Look a falling star! Make a wish…

Read Review

Review of Needle in a Timestack (2021)

By Mark Hanson (70) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 13 Oct 2021

The film is too blinded by manufactured sentimentality to see the more compelling what-if scenario lying right in front of its eyes…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

2009

53%634 Reviews

The Kid

2010

70%39 Reviews

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

1984

44%85 Reviews

The Bachelor

1999

41%212 Reviews

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015

66%1,020 Reviews

Born to Be Wild

2011

74%179 Reviews

Jig

2011

66%50 Reviews

Saving Sarah Cain

2007

64%84 Reviews

Mysterious Skin

2005

79%643 Reviews

Contact

1997

73%837 Reviews