While there is only one f-word, there are many other uses of other profanities and multiple uses of the Lord's name in vain, so if that bothers you steer clear unless you are watching with some type of filter. Expect to hear some type of profanity in almost every scene. This movie is very violent for a PG-13, and the violence I feel pushes it closer to an R alone. Sure there is a lot worse content in many R rated films but I feel this is a very hard PG-13 which may have been edited to avoid an R rating. However if you're kids want to watch this please take the PG-13 rating very seriously. While guys may be quick to dismiss this as a chick flick, think twice this is a romance movie but there are moments where it is a thriller, mystery and even yes at times a comedy. This movie has everything you could want a movie to have. The acting from the late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg is all incredible. All I can say is that Ghost was fantastic, it showcases its cast, its original, its very funny, and says things that are very true, and I was glad I saw this movie.There is a reason it was the most popular film of its year and is still considered a classic over 30 years later. Another element I like is how the dead who are still in the world can walk through anything, even move things, if they really concentrate, and it gives you that feeling, that when something moves alone, its a spirit thats still in Earth. And when that is displayed in the screen on how they go to hell is terrifying. And I like how the story says that if you die good, you go to heaven or you stay for a while in the real world, and the people who die bad go directly to hell, and they never come back. This movie literally showcases the whole cast, Patrick Swayze was great, Demi Moore was fascinating, Whoopi Goldberg was just plain awesome, if there is someone that can make you laugh your pants out, its Whoopi Goldberg, she had that comedic and dramatic power and she definitely pulled it off, and that gained her an Oscar. Nothing more, nothing less.Ī very heartwarming, charming and smart movie, with a flawless funny script, original and great special effects, and with powerful performances. Just what a pure Hollywood film needs to be. Not the most substantive film, but so what? It's funny, it's sad, it's romantic, it's thrilling. When he wants you to feel Molly's sadness, a major close up of her crying face and falling tears is in frame. When the scene is meant to make you laugh he doesn't get in the way of the joke - nothing else happens. He keeps it simple, he knows that when a scene is meant to make you swoon he puts it on overdrive (the use of "Unchained Melody" in the pottery scene is brilliant).
Jerry Zucker assembles this film amazingly well. While Goldberg got the Academy Award and Moore became an A-lister, Swayze is the one that anchors the film. And Swayze proves to have just as much chemistry with Goldberg as he does with Moore. Speaking of Molly Jensen and her doomed lover Sam Wheat (the titular Ghost), they are played with uncomplicated effectiveness by star-on-the-rise Demi Moore and hot-after-"Dirty Dancing" Patrick Swayze. She carries the film's comedy squarely on her shoulder but doesn't venture into cartoonish territory allowing Oda Mae's journey to be just as important to the viewer as Sam and Molly's. "Ghost" takes advantage of Whoopi Goldberg at her best and she plays Oda Mae Brown with a gusto that makes her irresistible. You become invested in the central relationship. This allows the viewer to just engross themselves into the lives of the characters without having too much to figure out. The plot is very basic and doesn't try to fool you with too many twists and turns - keeping the twists to just one very effective one at the film's climax. "Ghost" is smart enough to work off a very uncomplicated script. And while many may scoff at the film as pure fluff, their scoffs unfairly overlook "Ghost"'s amazing balance of drama, comedy and action - a feat that is very hard to achieve in films. "Ghost" is one of those films that is filmmaking at its most effective: It is uncomplicated, entertaining and engrossing with surprisingly good performances.