Ghostlight (I) (2024) User Reviews

Touching, beautiful

[katiekat-80821 · 10/10 · 15 April 2024]

Ghostlight is a touching story of a family dealing with a tragedy, each in their own way. As they seem to grow apart in the midst of a lawsuit over a loved one's death, the father begins to discover the story of Romeo and Juliet through a community theater group he stumbles into. Eventually the tragic tale begins to mirror the events of his son's death, leading to the start of healing for him, his wife and daughter. Prepare to shed tears as you watch this excellent film.

I thoroughly enjoyed this independent film. The family depicted is played by an actual family who are also all actors. This adds to the realism of the film. The entire cast is wonderful and shows a range of emotions that is very believable.

Amazing story which tugs at the heart

[bnctina · 10/10 · 28 April 2024]

Ghostlight touches you on so many levels that it takes you on a roller coaster of emotions.

Kelly O'Sullivan's creative script, her co-directing with Alex Thompson, as well as each actor's ability to bring life to the story is palpable and raw in places. Their ability to intertwine comedy, tragedy and drama so effortlessly creates a unique experience for those of us in the audience looking in. Many human elements surround the story lines and will hit home over and over again for many, no matter what life experiences you've had. It is made from the heart and it shows. This movie will not disappoint.

Funny and Emotional

[rlee-73326 · 7/10 · 20 January 2024]

The second film from the (married) team of Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson (Saint Frances). Like their first film (both written by O'Sullivan) it does a great job of combining comedy with serious drama; there a multiple laugh-out-loud moments, and a few subtle dark comedy bits. Keith Kupferer (Princess Cyd) is rather good and is able to guide the film through some lulls (which there are a few; in particular the deposition scenes are a little long); the potentially convenient plot points and developments never bothered me and I thought worked but perhaps some might find them a little too convenient. Kupferer's real-life daughter Katherine Mallen Kupferer plays in in-film daughter and absolutely steals the show as the angry-and-agnsty theater kid. The entire ensemble is enjoyable and helps bring a lot of laughs. For O'Sullivan's second film she has established herself as a someone who can weave comedy into emotional dramas that although they get close to being sappy but never quite do as they are grounded in well-developed characters. Perhaps my only knock is that the film uses 'Under Pressure' and after watching Aftersun the song only reminds me of Aftersun and although the song absolutely ruined me mid-movie it is because of a different movie.