"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" filmed locally in spring of 2008, alongside "Shutter Island", "Surrogates", "Bride Wars" and "The Proposal". Before judging the movie itself, we pause to be grateful for the surplus of jobs back then -- many of us got our start that spring.We can honestly say this film -- for which we had low, low expectations -- is not as bad as "Bride Wars". It too has a wedding theme, complete with a stereotypical bridezilla, cat fighting bridesmaids and a gag where the wedding cake gets destroyed... but we didn't feel as icky after watching this one. Still, it would not make a good date night film, nor is it female friendly enough to be a chick flick. We don't know what this film is good for.
"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" spins off Dicken's A Christmas Carol, where a loveless douchebag (Matthew McConaughey) must learn to appreciate long term relationships. Jennifer Garner plays his snappy childhood friend, and does a decent job here. Most of the actors manage to come out of this film with their dignity, with the exception of Michael Douglas. His pervy Jack Nicholson impression doesn't work. He was a much better slimeball in, oh let's say, every other movie he's been in.
The camera work is very distracting at times, as it suddenly starts panning around a dinner table or pulling out from a conversation for seemingly no reason. You'll note how rarely we bother to comment about cinematography; needless to say, it's bad here.
We weren't completely offended by this movie, but there isn't much purpose in seeing it. It's better than "Bride Wars", though we probably won't bother again with either of these films.
Final Score = C-
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