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Ghostlight
Directed by
Alex Thompson
and
Kelly O'Sullivan
R
2024
1h 54m
Drama
,
Comedy
7.6
99%
93%
Rent for $5.99
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
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Cast of Ghostlight
Keith Kupferer
Dan Mueller
Katherine Mallen Kupferer
Daisy
Tara Mallen
Sharon
Dolly de Leon
Rita
Hanna Dworkin
Lanora
Tommy Rivera-Vega
Lucian
Alma Washington
Moira
Dexter Zollicoffer
Greg
H.B. Ward
Jonah
Matthew C. Yee
Mikey
Marlene Slaughter
Charlie
Bradley Grant Smith
Jim
Lia Cubilete
Christine
Cindy Gold
Therapist
Charlie Lubeck
Tyler
Francis Guinan
Janitor Fran
Sarab Kamoo
Joan Spencer
Charin Alvarez
Principal Santos
Anthony Lee Irons
Patrick
Deanna Dunagan
Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan
Jaci Williamson
Mrs. Hawthorne
Santino Craven
Mr. Hawthorne
Bernadette Santos Schwegel
Additional Vocal
Ghostlight Reviews
Harper's Bazaar
Tomris Laffly
A beautifully woven tale on the constructive ways that life and art reflect, propel, and imitate each other, offering human beings curious enough to welcome artistic pursuits into their lives a path forward.
GQ
Esther Zuckerman
Though uneasy with acting, Kupferer's Dan finds comfort in the theater as the themes of the play help him connect to both his aspiring-actress daughter and the son he's lost.
Variety
Peter Debruge
O'Sullivan has a natural storytelling gift, coupled with a knack for comedy. Here, she takes... grieving families, difficult teens, small-town communities - and rearranges them into a surprising and moving narrative.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
"Ghostlight" is indeed about grief. But not the buzzy kind, the kind that's easy to define and simple to manage.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jon Frosch
Overcomes its clichés and contrivances with heart and humor.
indieWire
Kate Erbland
O'Sullivan and Thompson are aces at tucking themes, concepts, and ideas into their films that, in other directors' hands, might feel a bit cheesy or chintzy. Instead, the duo handles them with the utmost respect and care.
Slant Magazine
Marshall Shaffer
Directors Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson are extraordinarily perceptive in highlighting the instances where stagecraft informs everyday life.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
[T]here's a purity and earnestness to what [Ghostlight] is doing that's increasingly unusual in American independent cinema.
New York Times
Alissa Wilkinson
It's a gentle story, full of tender moments, and knowing that the parents and daughter in the main cast are a family in real life increases the warmth.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
A quietly compelling film that shows how power of theater brings teens and parents together.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Less about the healing power of theater and more about the persuasive power of the right actors working with two responsive filmmakers, sidestepping pitfalls and finding little nuggets of behavioral gold en route to a most unlikely Romeo's opening night.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
A film about the world-changing power of artistic communion, about how creativity, compassion, and forgiveness - of oneself and others - are all pit stops on the same human journey.
Tribune News Service
Katie Walsh
This is a beautifully life-affirming fable about the power of art to heal, but really, it's the people making the art that do the work. "Ghostlight" is a stunning and incredibly moving tribute to that process.
Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar
...honest and messy...about grief and the complexities of family relationships.
AV Club
Brent Simon
Beautifully realized. A simple, throwback, redemptive story about the very personal roads of grief we all must travel, Ghostlight connects as authentic and heartfelt, but there's also a sneaky profundity to match.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
The final performance, the final healing, is as heartwarming and heartbreaking as anything that has gone before.
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
"Ghostlight" uses Dan's journey as a kind of therapy, giving him the safe space to channel his bottled-up sadness into not just a performance, but a deeper understanding of what brought about that sadness.
Washington Post
Ty Burr
"Ghostlight" is a nice film and sometimes a lovely one about the therapy that can come with art and pretending, and its message is soothing enough to make one wish things always worked this way.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Directors Kelly O'Sullivan (who also provides the exquisite screenplay) and Alex Thompson have delivered a hushed, confidently devastating, and ultimately hopeful drama that never follows a traditional path.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Claudia Puig
It deals with [grief and loss] in a really fresh way.
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