Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews April 30th, 2009 |

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Starring:
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Michael
Doug…
Review:
Look, I wouldn’t mind a comic desecreation of Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol, as long as the darned thing was funny.
Hell, Bill Murray hit that mark twenty years ago in
Scrooged. But Ghosts of Girlfriends Past never
comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh. Matthew
McConaughey, who hit a comedy low (I thought) in Fool’s
Gold, sinks ever lower as hotshot celeb photographer Connor
Mead, a stud who badmouths marriage to his about-to-be-wed kid
brother (Breckin Meyer). Connor, a Scrooge when it comes to
commitment, gets a life lesson from Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas,
the film’s one bright spot), another man-whore who comes back from
the dead to school Connor in the error of recreational boffing.
(Watch Peter…


Rating: 1 Stars

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