Struggling against the death of her boyfriend, Nina does her best to deal with life. Things come to challenge her when she falls for another guy and her lover returns as a ghost.
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.
Rolling Stone
May 12, 2001
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.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
December 04, 2003
Odd, effective little comedy fantasy anchored by leads.
