Ghostlight

This is an excellent script that connect a family tragedy to Romeo & Juliet. I think I gave such a high score is because the realism of the family dynamic portray by the REAL family members; Keith Kupferer is actually married to Tara Mallen and their daughter Katherine Mallen Kupferer in real life. Everything was done so well that I actually connected with the characters, even though in my own personal life never experience their tragedy. NOW GO WATCH THIS MOVIE!

This was such a beautiful movie. Funny and sad, heartwarming and heart wrenching. Fantastically acted and written. I'm so glad I watched it.

Heavy but cathartic, Ghostlight is cinematic therapy. A slow release of story, emotions and understanding culminate in this tender, emotional tale of loss and grief. Didn't expect to love this one as much as I did, and as usual it's the ones that catch you off guard that make the biggest impression. A sleeper hit, one to make many "Films You Missed" lists in the not too distant future.

One of those films that speak of theatre as a therapeutic way of confronting trauma, constructed with exquisite sensitivity to reflect characters who face grief and the need to continue keeping the family together in different ways. It is beautiful in its writing, intelligent in the way it establishes parallels with the Shakespeare play that is being performed and moving in the way the actors embrace their characters and envelop them in a humanity that goes beyond the screen. It is a small story that returns to theatrical representation its condition of reflection of lives and emotions.

A moving story about dealing with grief through artistic expression. You can say it’s on the nose but it’s still very well done and overall human. A sad story that’s uplifting because it restores the idea that people still help people.

Sweet and small, I loved that the three protagonists really do belong to the same family - I don't think I've ever seen a whole family acting together. Maybe two (siblings, parent and kid...), but no more that than to my knowledge.

The whole premise felt slightly off, tho. That whole storyline in fact: [spoiler] the double suicide, lawyers and Christine didn't add anything to the plot at any level and felt just a tool to get Dan's cathartic moment at the deposition and to have art mirroring life. But in my opinion just having the son's tragedy would have sufficed to create the emotional backbone without that element that felt kinda forced when paired with Romeo and Juliet [/spoiler].

A serious and tragic family drama. You'll need your box of tissues close by.

Rated a Connor 5, normal 7