Movie

A Ghost Story

2017 · 93 min

A quiet, haunting meditation on time and loss that asks for patience and rewards it with profound sadness.

Tagline: It's all about time.
Overview: Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, memory, isolation, love
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
memory
isolation
love
death
Places: suburbs
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild