The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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Movie Reviews of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie Review: WHAT YOU'VE MISSED!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is quite possibly my very favorite movie. Wonderfully written, acted and set, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir will be a favorite for the whole family.I had an interesting experience with this film. I was cajoled into holding a movie night at my home for a church youth group. I agreed on the condition that I would get to choose the movie. The moans and groans were audible when I announced that the evening fare would be The Ghost and Mrs. Muir starring Rex Harrison and Gene Tierny.
After just ten minutes into the film the snide remarks ceased and you could have heard a pin drop so intent were the young guests upon the movie. And, no, they were not asleep. After the film ended I asked them how they liked it. One sixteen-year-old young man, an avid movie buff in his own right, said that he loved the film. I asked whether he liked it as well as Titanic, then very popular at the theaters. To my absolute surprise he said that he thought that the Ghost and Mrs. Muir was as good as Titanic.
You will never think of Rex Harrison in the same way again. Harrison's Captain Daniel Gregg is, as his character says in the film, "a man's man." His chemistry with Gene Tierny, as Mrs. Lucy Muir, is absolutely charming. A young Natalie Woods and George Sanders (you'll will remember him as the voice of the tiger in Disney's original Jungle Book) round out the cast.
If you haven't seen this film, in the words of Captain Gregg "Oh, what you've missed."
Movie Review: Best Movie Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I would give this fifteen stars if I could. It is, in my opinion, the best movie of all time. After watching it over and over, I think the magic element is sexual tension. Lucy Muir, after the death of her husband, decides to take her daughter and maid and live by the seaside - away from her histrionic mother-in-law and domineering sister-in-law. She falls in love first with a particular house on the coast called Gull Cottage and, despite the warning of the realtor, moves in. It is not long before she meets Captain Gregg (Rex Harrison). This is the sexiest role Rex Harrison ever played. The man is absolutely the masculine ideal. Captain Gregg is a sea captain who designed and built Gull Cottage and has plans for his house that doesn't include a lot of strangers barging in. In Lucy's case, he allows her to stay after he finds that she has 'spunk'. When Lucy's source of income peters out and she is forced to either take in lodgers or leave, you see the tenderness in Captain Gregg come out as he helps her to find a solution to stay in the house. Though he won't admit it, he is falling in love. Over the next year, their relationship deepens and she loves him too. But then she begins to be pursued by the children's author, Uncle Neddy. Can her love for the late Captain Gregg win over the affections of a live man?
Be sure to have your Kleenex handy. No matter how many times I see this, I cry.
Movie Review: The Ghost's of Love- Real Love
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those films that's a cult pleasure. A film that seems to transcend generations because it speaks to the heart.
Mrs. Muir is quite ahead of her time- wanting her own space and to live in her own way. The Ghost is equally exact in being what remains of a strong man. What's wonderful (if you're watching) is how that slowly begins to compliment and support rather than defeat their love.
This film is about missed opportunities; what might have been but what also slowly becomes 'what is'. It's about the hurdles in love and how, ultimately, no hurdle overcomes true love.
Tierny, Harrison and Saunders are excellent. The story is wonderful and the direction, mystical and atmospheric (exactly what's needed to pull this kind of a story off). Bernard Herrmann's score is my personal favorite of his- and an example of just how important music is to film.
Most important of all, it's an example of how to make a love story. That's not an easy task in any decade (especially ours)- and why it's a classic in its genre. A classic (period).
A couple can watch this film, and trust me,(especially when you reach the ending), will want to give each other a hug.
If you're looking for a good one, this is it.
Movie Review: A woman is drawn to a house with a ghost
Summary: 5 Stars
Mrs. Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) wants to live on her own now, one year after her husband's death. She has a little girl too, played by Natalie Wood. She's been living with her husband's family and they object to her leaving and with the girl. But she had the girl before she lived with them. She decides to go live by the seaside, with the income from her husband's gold shares, and buy Gull Cottage. She finds the house charming, but the agent says it is the wrong house to live in. They discover together the house is indeed haunted. The original owner was Captain Gregg who died four years earlier. She buys the cottage anyway. All moved in, strange things happen. The ghost watches her while she slepts. Eventually, she requests the "cowardly ghost" to speak up. And so he does. he makes his presence known as Captain Gregg (Rex Harrison). That's just the beginning of the film.
A tv series "The Ghost And Mrs. Muir" (1968-1970) appeared starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare with Charles Nelson Reilly.
DVD contains, audio commentaries, theatrical trailer, still gallery and 44-minute biography Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King.
Movie Review: Delightful bittersweet romance
Summary: 5 Stars
Unfortunately, when people think of THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR it's the insipid late 60s sitcom which starred Hope Lange and Charles Nelson Reilly that comes to mind, rather than this delightful film that inspired it. The movie, under the masterful direction of Joseph Mankiewicz, is a bittersweet romantic comedy, more haunting than actually haunted by the ghost in the title. Rex Harrison plays the ghostly Captain Gregg with the acerbic wit and charm he is noted for, but also with a tenderness that elevates the performance from merely good to great. Gene Tierney, who plays Lucy Muir, gives one of her best efforts (maybe second only to her tortured and torturing wife in LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN). Her remarkable physical beauty is matched by a warm spirit that is independent, yet fragile in it's need for love. Supporting roles by George Sanders as the cad who woos Lucy, and a very young Natalie Wood as her daughter, are all first rate. The moody cinematography and score are additional facets to this gem, and although the last 10 minutes of the film seem a bit rushed, the predictable, bittersweet ending, is perfect, and really tugs at the heart strings.