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Nina, an interpreter, is beside herself dealing with inconsolable grief over the recent death of her boyfriend, Jamie, a cellist. When she is on the verge of despair, Jamie reappears as a 'ghost' and the couple are reconciled.
This sharply scripted study of a bereaved woman who literally wishes her partner back from the grave is an impressive directorial bow by British playwright Anthony Minghella.
Miss Stevenson, Mr. Rickman and Mr. Maloney, good actors all, work tirelessly on behalf of the insistently gooey and smug material.
August 30, 2004
Rolling Stone
Minghella lays on the whimsy a bit thick at times, but his wryly funny and heartfelt observations on sorrow go down much easier than the Hollywood brand of lump-in-the-throat histrionics.
May 12, 2001
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Odd, effective little comedy fantasy anchored by leads.