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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

Directed by Mark Waters

Celebrity photographer Connor Mead lives life in the fast lane, committed to lifelong bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women. On the eve of his younger brother Paul's wedding, Connor's mockery of love proves a real buzz-kill for everyone - including his childhood crush, Jenny, the one woman who always seemed immune to his considerable charms. Later that night, he gets a wake-up call from the ghost of his late Uncle Wayne, the hard-partying, legendary ladies' man who was Connor's mentor. Uncle Wayne has an urgent message which he delivers through three ghosts who guide Connor on an eye-opening tour of his romantic past, present and future. Along the way, they attempt to discern whether he will ever be able to change his ways -- and if there is any hope of him finding true love.

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What critics compared Ghosts of Girlfriends Past to

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days poster
I mean, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," "Failure to Launch," "Fool's Gold," among others, and now 2009's "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," all of them pretty mediocre.
John J. Puccio • DVD Town
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An uninspired pastiche of the tired and the well-worn, this agonizingly derivative new romantic comedy from director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) aims to put a hip new face on A Christmas Carol but instead delivers what looks more like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with a botched facelift.
Box Office Mojo
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Matthew McConaughey pretty much plays the same kind of role he�s played in past romantic comedies, such as Fool�s Gold and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, so it�s getting quite tiresome and h0-hum to watch him tread the same waters over and over.
NYC Movie Guru
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Sure, McConaughey and Garner both have the ability to be charismatic, sometimes, but Garner is sleepwalking through an essentially functional role, and it's hard not to think of all the times that McConaughey has done the exact same thing better (I immediately recall the unnecessarily decent How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ).
Blogspot
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As for director Mark Waters, Ghosts represents a return to Mean Girls sharpness, after dulling things down with Just Like Heaven and The Spiderwick Chronicles.
Directed by Mark Waters (The Spiderwick Chronicles), the big surprise here is that you may find yourself caring about Connor and his love interest Jenny (Garner).
Annette Basile • FilmInk
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Directed by Mark Waters (2008's " The Spiderwick Chronicles "), "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is a pleasing romantic comedy with a bittersweet undercurrent that goes with the territory of the premise.
TheMovieBoy
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Movies starring Matthew McConaughey generally don't inspire much hope for anything resembling quality, or, even, entertainment, but Jennifer Garner is always likeable and director Mark Waters ("Mean Girls," "The Spiderwick Chronicles") has a pretty good track record.
Reeling Reviews • Jan 10, 2020
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See, just as Em (Emily Foxler: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ) is having to decide whether to fly off to Vietnam with her boyfriend, Kevin (Maury Sterling: Veronica Mars , The A-Team ), for four months to accompany him for his work, there’s this crazy comet passing by planet Earth, and it’s messing with cell phones and doing other insane stuff.
MaryAnn Johanson • Flick Filosopher • Jun 20, 2014
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