Ghostlight

Name: Ghostlight
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: June 14, 2024
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Bradley Grant Smith, David Bianco, Dolly De Leon, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Keith Kupferer

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IFC Films | Release Date: June 14, 2024 | R

Starring: Bradley Grant Smith, David Bianco, Dolly De Leon, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Keith Kupferer, Lia Cubilete, Marlene Slaughter, Tara Mallen

Summary: When melancholic construction worker Dan finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.

Director: Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Bilge Ebiri

Jun 21, 2024

Ghostlight is one of the best movies of the year, and if that’s a meaningful enough statement for you, then feel free to stop reading now. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Mar 13, 2024

While the show that ends the film might overstay its welcome a bit, Ghostlight is a profound work about a tough family made tougher by unimaginable grief. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jun 14, 2024

This is a beautifully life-affirming fable about the power of art to heal, but really, it’s the people making the art that do the work. Ghostlight is a stunning and incredibly moving tribute to that process. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Feb 6, 2024

Ghostlight is a comedy in a loose sense, a tragedy in another, and a redemption song in yet one more. More succinctly, it’s a Thompson film, meaning it gently, tenderly unpacks and embodies every single feeling its characters might have about their situation at hand. Read full review

The Guardian Adrian Horton

Jan 22, 2024

The Kupferer-Mallens are Chicago theater stalwarts, having founded their own company, and the affection everyone involved with this project feels for the stage – as an art, therapy and practice – is so evident as to be contagious, even in the film’s most theater-y meta moments. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 20, 2024

The miracle of Ghostlight is that cast and crew here take the punch-lines associated with actors and acting, the dreamy delusions its often overly-sensitive practitioners are famous for, and turn them into the greatest gifts acting gives to actors. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jun 21, 2024

Made without stars or much of a budget but with a lot of heart and good vibes, it’s an exemplary and moving independent film. Read full review

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