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The Ghost Writer (2010)

PG-13 02/12/2010 (US) Thriller, Mystery 2h 8m

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Read between the lies.

Overview

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

Roman Polanski

Director, Screenplay
Robert Harris

Novel, Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Ewan McGregor

The Ghost
Pierce Brosnan

Adam Lang
Kim Cattrall

Amelia Bly
Olivia Williams

Ruth Lang
Tom Wilkinson

Paul Emmett
Timothy Hutton

Sidney Kroll
Jon Bernthal

Rick Ricardelli
Tim Preece

Roy
Robert Pugh

Richard Rycart
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A review by Renovatio

7.0

Written by Renovatio on April 11, 2017

Such an eerie and haunting movie… I expected just another political thriller, but this is so much more interesting…

The remote setting, the media storm… the layered motivations of the characters, sexual, financial, political etc…

It was also great to see cinematography that wasn’t just close ups of talking heads, which is the norm for these kinds of movies…

I also liked the parallels to the real world, the Blair-esque prime minister, the Middle Eastern wars and such, but also that it really is it’s own movie and is more concerned with painting a certain world than with commenting on cu... read the rest.

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