- Luke MacLennanOctober 4, 2025The 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.
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The Ghost Writer was released on February 18, 2010.
The Ghost Writer was directed by Roman Polanski.
The Ghost Writer has a runtime of 2h 8m.
The Ghost Writer was produced by Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde.
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.
The key characters in The Ghost Writer are The Ghost (Ewan McGregor), Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), Amelia Bly (Kim Cattrall).
The Ghost Writer is rated PG-13.
The Ghost Writer is a Mystery, Thriller, Crime film.
The Ghost Writer has an audience rating of 7 out of 10.
The Ghost Writer had a budget of $45M.
The Ghost Writer has made $60.3M at the box office.