![]() Women love him, he loves them, at least temporarily, and then sends them on their way. McConaughey is Connor Mead, superstar photographer and serial womanizer. ![]() With McConaughey, it’s more like one kind of cheap plastic changing into another kind of cheap plastic, neither of which are particularly appealing. ![]() For the whole redemption aspect of the story to actually pay off, the person being redeemed has to be believable as his heart undergoes the spiritually alchemical transmutation from lead to gold. Otherwise this retread of ∺ Christmas Carol only serves to prove that a good story can be ruined with a bad retelling. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone.The only thing of note in GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST is that its star, Matthew McConaughey, doesn’t remove his shirt. After watching Connor’s antics throughout the film, I’d say Jenny doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance at finding a faithful, long-lasting relationship. In this case, Jenny truly believes she can have a happy future by exorcizing Connor’s playboy present while keeping all his wonderful traits from the past.Īlthough it is true people can change, I can’t say I’m convinced the events of this one night will cause the desired, permanent transformation. The story definitely plays to female audiences and the idea that the love of a good woman can be enough to bring a bad man back to his senses. In addition to these content issues is the even greater concern that some young viewers may accept the romantic portrayals within this movie as valid. A single slap on a man’s face by a woman is the only violence (and sadly, is likely a justified use of brutality). These depictions are punctuated by frequent profanities, religious and Christian expletives, derogatory comments toward homosexuals, and nearly every crude term for sex imaginable. The road to Connor’s reformation requires a long ramble through his colorful history, replete with many replays of sexual moments, innuendos and lengthy discussions of his indiscretions. Borrowing a few pages from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Uncle Wayne plays Jacob Marley and a selection of female guides who act as the ghosts to lead him through his past, present and future. Considering this sex-obsessed scoundrel has previously slept with all but one of the bridesmaids-an omission he’s aiming to fix ASAP- her wistful longings seem nothing more than a fanciful dream.Īnd that is just what the script employs to wake up this randy rogue. It seems she knew Connor before he set off to womanize the world, and still yearns to find the young boy she once loved. ![]() What he isn’t prepared for though is a meeting with Jenny (Jennifer Garner), his childhood sweetheart. Walking into the tulle and flower adorned mansion in which he spent his adolescence, Connor’s cynicism is loaded and ready when he meets Paul and his future wife Sandra (Lacey Chabert). Raised by their rich, and now deceased, Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas) after their parents died in a car accident, the brothers have taken distinctly different paths. Needless to say the boozing bachelor will be the most obnoxious guest at his brother Paul’s (Breckin Meyer) upcoming wedding. Having accumulated a bevy of babes over his relatively short adulthood, he can’t even commit to staying in bed with a woman until the sun rises, let alone think about marriage. When he’s not capturing images, he’s capturing hearts with smarmy pickup lines that would only work in movies like this. Hotshot photographer Connor Mead’s (Matthew McConaughey) favorite subjects are females, and the less clothing they wear the better. ![]()
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