The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This movie is entertaining. Its well-paced and well done. I wouldn't really recommend it unless you really like romances, but its worth watching. Some bits are boring but the overall story is very effective and well executed. Not fantastic, but not terrible.

Eschewing grand proclamations of passion and overblown romance, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) is a lovely, quiet little film that gets under your skin. I have watched it multiple times over the years and it never gets old. Due to the lovers being a living woman and a ghostly man, their attraction is based more on intellectual and emotional affinity than sexual passion, though that does not stop the sexual tension from being there. The atmosphere is windy and moody, conveyed to perfection through the black and white cinematography and music score by Bernard Hermann. Combined with Gene Tierney's performance as the independent young widow and a very virile Rex Harrison as the ghostly sea captain who inspires her to write a book about his adventures, this is one of the best cinematic romances out there.

I remember seeing the TV show when I was a kid, but the film is very good. The chemistry between the Captain Gregg and Mrs Muir is really good and makes me often laugh. To be a film from 1947 is surprising progressive for what concerns Mrs Muir character quest for independence; it is also progressive for the attitude to marriage (not necessarily happy) and having children (surprisingly Mrs Muir says having children is not an accomplishment (Anna happened) and Marta the maid agrees saying that is what her mother used to say too after 11 children. It's a bit disappointing that they meet again only when she dies of old age. I found all those years of solitude quite sad and I would have liked to see more of them together.Blast! Blast! Blast! :)

A masterpiece? No kidding. This is such an unusual and beautiful film. Gene Tierney plays an early 20th century widow who is unknowingly more liberated than any woman of the 21st century. The film is stunning to look at. It is amazing to think that it was made in California, it looks as English as any English movie, so much so that one wonders why so many Hollywood movies set in England look so phony. What a screenplay. It is as if we are reading a book and every dissolve means a new chapter. Tierney was not a great actress but that face is fascinating and the role sits more comfortably with her than any of her others. Harrison is one of the sexiest creatures ever seen in a movie; their scenes together truly do smolder. I dare anyone not to cry during the last three minutes. It is so rewarding to see a Hollywood movie, with a great supporting cast that is all unrecognizable except for Natalie Wood. This is simply one of the very best and it will never date since it is a period piece. That score has to be among the greatest and most effective.