The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
Luke MacLennan reviewed
October 4, 2025•
The Ghost Writer is an uneventful movie about a man revising a rather tedious manuscript. He spends most of the movie worrying about grammar errors and chapter structures made by his predecessor. This is a good movie for people who think semi colons are high drama.
Luckily I am such a person. The third act includes a compelling argument between our hero, the ghost writer, and the villain, his client's wife. The row between this about whether or not its a good idea to use incomplete sentences for dramatic effect. Riveting stuff.
I rate this movie a 4 out of 5 stars. Frankly the subplot about the CIA and terrorism was a bit of a bore. The film needed less politics and more prose.