The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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Movie Reviews of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie Review: I love the Ghost and Mrs. Muir movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was written in the mid-1940's by R.A.Dick. That book was much better than the movie as it showed a depth in the characters over the course of Mrs. Muir adult lifetime until she passed from this world to be united in spirit with her soul mate, Captain Gregg. Yet the movie, filmed in 1947 couldn't have been better cast with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. It made conversations with a spirit believable and very desirable to the real life interactions between men and women where their hormones seem to interfere with their judgement and few touch the essence of what the other is all about. Captain Gregg's devotion to Lucy was beauty at its core and Lucy learned more about herself and life in general than any living mortal could have provided her. 10 stars is what I would give this movie and the book by R.A.Dick. His insight and his gentle wisdom of human nature made me see society clearer. However, I am only assuming R.A.Dick was a man, could have been a woman....Movie Review: This Movie Has Haunted Me For 33 Years!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie when I was a child and it resonated with me, the themes of love, loneliness, and desire. And all of these years later, I still rank this as one of my favorite movies.
Gene Tierney plays a woman living in late Victorian England. She has lost her husband, has a child to take care of, and is nuturing a dream of living independently in a home on the coast. She finds the perfect house, but soon discovers it is haunted by the ghost of a surly, but charming sea captain, played perfectly by Rex Harrison. The ghost and the ahead-of-her-repressed-times woman strike up an unlikely love affair.
I watch this movie several times a year and I always, always laugh when Lucy (Tierney) cuts down the captain's old monkey puzzle tree and I always, always cry during the final scene, as an old Lucy dies, her spirit rises up and joins that of the captain. A brilliant, haunting, sentimental movie that will leave you pining for love and romance.
Movie Review: Captain Blowhard
Summary: 5 Stars
This is really one of my all time favorite movies. Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison do an outstanding job in this film. She is a widow with a young child who finds a place to live to get away from her inlaws. It is a quaint cottage at the sea, haunted by Captain Blowhard. I called him that because he is mouthy, a rather "spirited" personality. Actually, the sea captain is a ghost who died unexpectedly and doesn't want anybody in HIS house. Well, the widow cannot afford to leave, so they find a way to respect each other and get along.
It is such an enchanting story of dreams, while you watch the young child grow up and get married and while you follow the widow and her housekeeper through her trials and tribulations. A beautiful love story and truly a classic--well acted with a superb story line.
After you finish watching it, you just wanna sit back in the chair and go "a-h-h-h-h" (deep sigh).
Movie Review: Be Warned: This Movie Casts A Spell On The Viewer
Summary: 5 Stars
It's old. It's black and white. It's slow and sentimental. It's brilliant. Never one for romance classics -- not by any means -- I bought this DVD on a whim. I'd watched the 1968 TV show on cable when I was a kid sick in bed for two weeks, and seeing the DVD case for the original theatrical version brought a wave of nostalgia upon me. (The TV show isn't available on DVD.) I didn't expect much, didn't really expect to even like it, but from the moment Mrs. Muir stepped into Gull Cottage, I was under a spell. The moody cinematography and thoughtful pacing work upon the mind like fine music. Rex Harrison is at his best here. There are two commentary tracks on the DVD and both are fantastic. I spent one night watching the movie and the next few nights in succession watching it with the commentaries. I wanted to be in Gull Cottage as long as possible. I didn't want the spell broken.Movie Review: Girls Night In
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film. I always have. From the opening credits with that sweeping Bernard Herrmann score you know you're in for a treat; the duel delights of a "real" ghost and love story in one film. Rex Harrison is completely cantankerous and sexy at the same time and Gene Tierney is as always "exquisite" even in black and white.
I have been a fan of the talents of Bernard Herrmann ever since I first became aware that he was responsible for providing the perfect backdrop for suspense in Alfred Hitchcock films. He does a beautiful job here continually reminding the audience with the plaintive strain of strings that these two lovers are "star-crossed" by death itself.
Then, of course, the best part is that Death intervenes again and gives them a second chance at love.
I recommend this to anyone who loves Love and happy endings with a "twist".