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A Ghost Story

2017, drama, fantasy

93 minutes

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

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7.8

based on 24 critics

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10

2017-01-31

It’s haunting, gripping and perhaps, even creepier than you can possibly imagine. The way the film is shot will keep you focused on it throughout. Read more

10

Evan Popplestone of Cinema's Fringes

2017-08-12

A quiet, modest film which successfully communicates thematic ambition far beyond what most filmmakers could conceive as possible.

10

Alice Bishop of Alice Bishop

2017-06-06

As pure as it is profoundly heart-breaking...

10

2017-08-11

T makes you want to call your family and tell them you love them. It’s brilliant. Read more

10

2017-09-25

The auteur shaped it brilliantly and the film truly impressed me by entangling, astonishing, and disorienting... Read more

9.0

2017-07-27

A poetic, moving testament to the certainty of time, the inevitability of death and the timeless search for connection. Read more

9.0

2017-06-01

I felt joy, sadness and a sense of wonderment, a truly unique and beautiful film! Read more

8.0

2017-08-20

Thought-provoking cinema that intelligently highlights both the significance and insignificance of the marks we leave on the world in our wake. Read more

8.0

2017-08-14

The performances, score, cinematography and complex tone combine very effectively offering a real delight of a cinematic experience... Read more

8.0

2017-07-31

This low-budget high-risk film is one of the most innovative you will find in its genre but opinions are clustered at the extremes. Read more

8.0

2018-03-15

It was well thought out and strangely fun to watch. Read more

7.5

Kenny Howell of Beboti

2017-11-17

David Lowery digs himself in a hole, but somehow finds his way out in enchanting ways in this bizarre ghost story.

6.7

2018-03-15

A bit pretentious, but still beautiful in its way. Read more

6.6

2017-10-11

It doesn’t make a lick of sense. It does…it just does it in a darkly artistic way... Read more

6.3

2017-07-23

A meditative look at love, legacy and loss, through the eyes of a white-sheeted ghost. Read more

6.0

2017-07-12

Lowery’s chamber piece summons and subverts the precepts of a traditional spectral fable to striking results. Read more

6.0

2017-07-11

A Ghost Story's reluctance to commit to its fascinating premise results in one of the great missed opportunities in recent cinema. Read more

In other languages

8.0

2017-11-15

Traag, abstract, zweverig. Toch is de film van een grote schoonheid, cinematografisch én inhoudelijk. Read more

8.0

2017-11-15

De traagheid van bewegingen maakt hem extra tragisch. Read more

8.0

2017-10-07

Geschikt voor de geoefende filmkijker, iemand die geduld heeft en verder kijkt. Read more

7.0

2017-11-21

Een interessante bezinning over de dood, het leven na de dood en de relativiteit van de tijd. Read more

6.0

2018-05-04

Geef het een kans, je kunt er altijd nog voor kiezen om na een paar minuten af te haken. Read more

6.0

2017-11-15

Een zeer trage en eigenaardige film die bij vlagen erg moeilijk door te komen is. Read more

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