Review of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) by Leah B — 27 Jan 2008
I saw this movie when I was a child and it resonated with me, the themes of love, loneliness, and desire. And all of these years later, I still rank this as one of my favorite movies.
Gene Tierney plays a woman living in late Victorian England. She has lost her husband, has a child to take care of, and is nuturing a dream of living independently in a home on the coast. She finds the perfect house, but soon discovers it is haunted by the ghost of a surly, but charming sea captain, played perfectly by Rex Harrison. The ghost and the ahead-of-her-repressed-times woman strike up an unlikely love affair.
I watch this movie several times a year and I always, always laugh when Lucy (Tierney) cuts down the captain's old monkey puzzle tree and I always, always cry during the final scene, as an old Lucy dies, her spirit rises up and joins that of the captain. A brilliant, haunting, sentimental movie that will leave you pining for love and romance.
This review of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) was written by Leah B on 27 Jan 2008.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir has generally received very positive reviews.
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