GHOST (1990) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Jerry Zucker
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli, Gail Boggs
A New York stockbroker gets killed by a mugger and hangs around as ectoplasm long enough to protect his girlfriend from the guy who set him up. The kind of romantic comedy in which true love conquers all, even death, as long as the lovers are young, smart, beautiful, affluent, and played by Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. It's not convincing for a second, even as a fantasy, but it's a perfectly calculated product: slick, funny, violent and transparently manipulative, with a bright, attractive cast and good special effects. It's not "Topper", in other words, but Demi looks great in it, Whoopi has some amusing scenes, and Swayze can't help busting a few skulls, even as a good-guy ghost.
Patrick Swayze
(1952-2009)
