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Ghost Writer

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A novelist (David Boreanaz) takes advantage of a failed composer (Alan Cumming), with deadly results.

Critics Reviews

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Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com 03/13/2007
Suffering Man's Charity is just that kind of movie: It opens as if it's going to be a sad-sack gay comedy in a lesser Tennessee Williams mode. And then it goes completely insane. Go to Full Review
Eugene Novikov Film Blather 07/28/2011
D
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com 05/30/2007
4/5
A very clever script, it has delicious lines that are delivered with great biting wit and fabulous cautions about seeking love, fame and past due rent. Go to Full Review
Scott Weinberg Cinematical 03/20/2007
2.5/5
Wavers between broad comedy, dark humor and mild thriller territory, never once settling on an approach -- and suffering mightily because of it. Go to Full Review
Film Threat 03/17/2007
2/5
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01/05/2013 A very peculiar film, very much a 2 hander between a typically arch and snitty Alan Cumming as homosexual music teacher John and an immensely brave David Boreanaz as Sebastian, a broke aspiring writer he takes in, hoping to bed. From an awkwardly mannered stiff upper lip drama, it abruptly shifts to a grand guignol black comedy, with a lingeried Boreanaz tied up with Christmas lights. It's not a sight I want to see again, but is a superb, committed piece of work. The ghost writer plot and other characters, including Carrie Fisher's reporter, Henry Thomas's star musician and Anne Heche's gorgeous publisher, are secondary to the central pair. It's stagy, too quirky for it's own good, but the performances make it worth a watch. See more 04/21/2012 Well, what can I say. Apart from a crazy Boreanaz this movie was absolute rubbish. Although Alan Cumming's played a gay snob to perfection. See more 11/01/2011 When a music teacher takes in a struggling writer as a house guest, he soon finds out that his charity is taken for granted, and things come to an explosive end. This is a pleasant, but odd little film that really doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It starts off feeling like a drama, then changes into black comedy, then changes into a ghost story, and finishes up being a drama again. It is also feels very drawn out, and just when it starts to get really interesting, it ends, which just left me feeling a little confused to what it was trying to achieve. The small cast all act their roles very well, with Alan Cumming being at his best over the top. But David Boreanaz has the best part that really shows off his comedic talents. You may want to catch this movie just for the black comedy sequences, which are quite amusing, but it is not the horror film that the Horror Channel led me to believe it would be. See more 09/16/2011 This is the worst movie. Seriously? Who funded it? It is about a composer with a history of "giving boarding" to young struggling artists. . . Then, he becomes a sadist. Not worth the 1.5 hours. If there is a comedic element, it is the unexpected plot twist in the last 30 minutes. Unfortunately, it wasn't funny. See more 08/18/2011 this black comedy is just ok and frankly not that funny at all an all star cast pretty much gets wasted here. See more 08/11/2011 This movie was horrible, and so far from anything I would ever call a comedy! Don't waste your time with this one...not even because David Boreanaz is in it. So not worth it! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A novelist (David Boreanaz) takes advantage of a failed composer (Alan Cumming), with deadly results.
Director
Alan Cumming
Producer
DJ Paul, Craig Snider, Donald Zuckerman
Screenwriter
Thomas Gallagher
Production Co
NOW Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 6, 2009
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo