Ghostlight

2024
R
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.6K

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When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

Directors
- Kelly O'Sullivan
- Alex Thompson
Writer
- Kelly O'Sullivan
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,784

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Directors
- Kelly O'Sullivan
- Alex Thompson
Writer
- Kelly O'Sullivan
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations

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Trivia
The actors who portray the family in the film are in fact a family in real life.

Connections
Features Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Soundtracks
Out of My Dreams
Written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Peter Dugan and Leilani Josephine Patao (as Leilani Patao)
Courtesy of Williamson Music Company from the Top

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Featured review

9/10

Still Relevant 400+ Years Later

A blue collar construction worker in Chicago with a volatile temper and a dysfunctional family is asked to fill in when a tiny community theater attempts to stage Romeo and Juliet.

A touching, complicated movie about family and art and fathers and children. One of the best movies of 2024.

And, my favorite movie genre. How art is made:

'Topsy-Turvy' 'Day for Night' 'Tropic Thunder' 'Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story'

Ultimately, indeed, The play goes on.

A great local Chicago actor stars in the movie, and slowly, grudgingly, as Romeo: Keith Kupferer.

What a great face. What a great presence. Costarring his daughter.

When the play within the movie begins, the curtain opens, and these familiar words heard by audiences for 497 years are spoken:

'Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.'

A fantastic movie that I recommend you see.