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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is cheesy, tacky, and gimmicky. But as directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), it's also prankish and inventive enough to be kind of fun.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliLacks the kind of forceful, attention-grabbing chemistry that elevates a movie in this genre from a passable diversion to a lasting source of entertainment.
- 63Charlotte ObserverCharlotte ObserverGhosts finishes well, and the familiar McConaughey heel-grows-a-heart story arc is engaging.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyMostly clunky and vaguely unsavory.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's not particularly funny to hear women described and valued exclusively in terms of their function as disposable sexual partners. A lot of Connor's dialogue is just plain sadistic and qualifies him as that part of an ass it shares with a doughnut.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasAt least Douglas has a good time bringing the smarminess that McConaughey so studiously avoids.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe movie clumps through one witless if not wince-evoking sequence after another without the relief of laughter.
- 30Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesGhosts indeed: This romantic comedy by name alone attempts to make funny – not to mention culturally relevant – the kind of swinging-dick misogyny that went out of fashion years ago.
- 20New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsDouglas is the only one who looks like he's actually having fun with the dim-witted script.
- 0Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonAbove all, it will make you long for a day when studio movies about relationships feel like they are by and for adults who have actually been in one.