After meeting an enigmatic woman, a man tries to start a romance with her which goes well enough at first that he tries to overlook a condition that allows her to see and talk with ghosts, but when this starts to become far more dangerous to the relationship tries to save her from their intentions.
Overall, this one was a pretty enjoyable feature. One of the brighter aspects here is the strong setup that allows for numerous strong elements to come into play. Starting life as a romantic comedy between the two by arranging for the quirky charm of their meeting in the club and subsequent date around the city which fits that genre wholeheartedly. Realizing that he is a bit more restrained and introverted compared to her more outgoing and free-spirited nature, the desire to find her after the first meeting and integrate himself into her life feels natural and earned. The spell she weaves over him thus feels far more earned as the burgeoning relationship is challenged by all the ghostly visions and encounters that go on as the skill to be able to see them interacting around us that she possesses feels quite intriguing the more they hang out together. As the romantic interludes continue with him trying to learn more about the condition and how to stop them from continuing. This strong mixture of romantic comedy and haunting ghost movie features is used to build a fun relationship at the core of the film. With this established, the film also scores quite nicely with the ghostly interaction. Starting nicely with a brutal decapitation scene in the middle of a crowded service station with a standout gag of the severed body wandering into the crowd looking for its severed head as if it doesn't realize it should be dead, the activity throughout might not match but still comes off worthwhile. Other scenes here featuring the two confronting possessed individuals being controlled by a ghost to try to return his lost property, providing not just a mystery to unravel but also some frantic action in the attempts to rescue each other from the supernatural powers of the person they've encountered. The body-hopping nature and randomized targets make for a nice change of pace whenever it occurs and there are often enough interactions as a whole to get some nice jolts out of everything, leaving the film with quite a lot to enjoy about it. There are a few factors that hold it down. The main issue is a disproportionately more favorable storyline structure that favors romantic comedy than ghostly hauntings which might be somewhat discerning for some viewers. While glimpses are featured throughout the running time of the ghosts following her, that's the overwhelming majority of them while far more time is spent on the two of them engaging in dates or hanging out. The two are fun together and it builds organically into a fine romance before the more intense hauntings later on, but the proportion is skewed heavily the other way in the first half which can have the effect of appearing more like a romantic comedy with ghostly hauntings to spice up their chances. This also causes the storyline about the true spirit haunting them to come out of nowhere with the incident featured so heavily later on its connections feel tenuous at best. It also results in an overlong running time padded out with flimsy attempts at comedy or other unnecessary antics trying to spell out the relationship and get back together which adds unnecessary time to the film, making for the issues that bring this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.
