Wonderfully offbeat film!

Sadly Over-hyped

Fresh and Exciting

Excellent but underrated film

This movie is in a way very close to my heart because it mirrors me in a way and my early days I love this movie for several reasons 1) I is a "Christmas Carol" themed moves of what life was, is and will be in the future if things are left unchanged 2) I like Jennifer Garner movies 3) and finally it is a reflection on what MIGHT HAVE BEEN for me because of what happened to the hero also happened to me except in my case it was a girl that humiliated me in front of my friends turning me into a woman hater Except I never went the screw them all route I just wanted nothing to do with girls until Linda (my wife) came and stole my heart and showed me how wonderful woman could really be Today I love girls but my one and only girl is my wife Linda who showed me what love is truly all about I have no regrets about canceling my War game date to go out with Linda when she phoned to ask me out Best decision I ever made It is sadly a reflection of life in general and how one slip up can ruin a persons life One has to get back in there and stick it out Michael Douglas as Connors mentor did a good job messing up Connors life's but in the end he like Marley saw the error of his ways and came to Correct them before it was too late One thing that does stick out a lot is no matter which version of a Christmas Carol you watch the First ghost always seems to have the biggest cheeky and care free attitude Love this movie

Connor and Jenny have known each other from childhood. But Connor goes on to have a broken heart after Jenny shares her first kiss with some other guy. Heartbroken Connor has a piece of advice from his playboy uncle which changes Connor for life. He and Jenny keep on running into each other and he gets reignited with his feelings. Both share some genuine moments which get ruined when Connor leaves midway. Will Connor turn a new leaf and woo back Jenny is the rest of the movie. What works is the simple story is told through ghosts of his past visiting Connor. They are alive people but meant to show as an apparition to show a mirror Connor's behavior.This movie is certainly watchable for people loving romantic comedies and Mathew and Jennifer shine in their roles. Michael Douglas looks well suited in his role as Connor's uncle and Emma stone looks funny.

You know what? I really liked this movie. Even though I pretty much despise and detest Matthew McConaughey, I still had a really fun time with this movie. That also goes for Jennifer Garner, I don't like her much either. Emma Stone is so funny in this movie, she just steals the show. She makes you think that you're watching a comedy, as apposed to a romantic comedy, which it apparently is. Don't get me wrong, I really like the romantic side of this movie. The actors are funny and very talented.This movie is about a boy and girl, who fell in love, but then fell out of love. The whole movie is based around Connor and Jenny's relationship. They were best friends when they were kids, then they got together during their teen years, and then a few years later, rekindled and hooked up. But because Connor was afraid of commitment, he left her in her bed, alone. They obviously didn't stay together. Now, a few years later, at Connor's brother's wedding, we see the pair meet once again. Connor doesn't know how to fix it, and when he goes up to his room he meets the Ghost Of Girlfriends Past. This ghost takes Connor on a spiritual journey to see how his life should be, instead of what it is. The movie ends with Connor and Jenny getting back together, which is a predictable ending, but an ending I wanted to see.Overall, I give this movie an 8 out of 10.

The Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol has been made into films numerous times, all set in the seasonal time, but this is not another remake, this is taking the concept and refashioning it, from director Mark Waters (Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, Just Like Heaven, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Mr. Popper's Penguins). Basically Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is a successful fashion photographer, but he is also a womanising bachelor keen on casual sex, he was raised after his parents death, and learnt all his pulling tricks from his dead Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas). He is attending the rehearsal wedding dinner for his brother Paul (Breckin Meyer), but he is there to convince him not to marry his fiancée Sandra Volkom (Not Another Teen Movie's Lacey Chabert), but of course he ignores him. In the mens room Connor is startled to be visited by the ghost of his dead uncle, Wayne warns him that he will be visited by the ghosts of three (unofficial) girlfriends, past, present and future, and they will show him the error of his ways. He of course ignores this and assumes it was just a hallucination, but then this warning comes true with the visit of the first ghost, his first lover Allison Vandermeersh (Emma Stone), who shows him visions from his past, particularly his relationship with Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner). Jenny is the wedding planner, and Connor's childhood sweetheart and former girlfriend, and the past reveals how his treatment of her and of course the hundreds of other women has broken hearts and made bad events in his own life. Once back at the mansion where the rehearsal dinner is happening, Connor ends up destroying the wedding cake, and creating even more tension between Paul and Sandra, before being taken again by the next ghost of the present, in the form of his assistant Melanie (Noureen DeWulf). She shows him that behind his back and without him around, all the wedding guests dislike and make fun of him and his womanising ways, the real life Melanie is a part of this too, Paul stands up for him besides having similar feelings, and his upset more by Jenny, who feels something for him, drawn closer to Brad Frye (Daniel Sunjata). Connor returns again, and everyone has found out that Paul cheated with one of the bridesmaids early in his and Sandra's relationship, Connor let this slip, she is saying she will call off the wedding, and Connor is thrown out. It is outside the mansion that he is visited by the third and final Ghost of Girlfriends Future (Olga Maliouk), and she shows him what will happen if he does not change his attitude towards women and his friends and family, including his own funeral that only Paul attends. Connor has realised what he has done wrong, and he rushes to stop Sandra from leaving and cancelling the wedding, he convinces her with what he has learnt from his own mistakes, and he helps Jenny to put the ceremony back together. The film ends with Paul and Sandra happily married, and Jenny realises that the treasured photo of herself and Connor was saved by him after all, and they share their true love kiss and dance. Also starring Robert Forster as Sergeant Volkom and Anne Archer as Vonda Volkom. McConaughey is good looking and does his charming and for a while sleazy act fine, Garner is beautiful and likable, and Douglas is a good choice to play the teacher of womanising. It is not a Chrismassy film, and there are no obvious Scrooge and Jacob Marley style characters, the only similarities with the original story are the concept of ghosts and amusing spoof moments, e.g. "you boy, what day is it?", it is a nice enough and reasonably enjoyable romantic comedy. Worth watching!