Ghosted was written by actress Jade Asha, who also stars.
Ghosted is about a struggling actress, played by Jade Asha, who writes a play -- entitled Ghosted -- which she stars in. The play is a success and boosts her career.
That's rather cheeky. An actress writing a script about an actress writing a script, with both the film, and the play within the film, having the same title.
That conceit might have worked for an ironic, surreal, self-referential comedy. But Ghosted is not that.
Instead, Ghosted is a sort of "romantic comedy" (that's how it's marketed), but it's not that either, because the woman (named Mercy) ends up alone. So, no "romantic comedy" ending. But it's still supposed to be a happy ending, because Mercy chooses to be alone. She ends by saying that her most important relationship is with herself.
That's not meant to be a joke.
So Ghosted is a tale of "female empowerment." Mercy likes men, but realizes that she doesn't need men to be happy. She needs to be good to herself. To purse her dreams (of acting), and enjoy her life and career and friends.
Apart from some night time drone footage of London, Ghosted is a drab looking film. It's not badly lit, but neither is the cinematography especially attractive or atmospheric. It conveys nothing, apart from keeping the scenes in focus.
The worst part of Ghosted is the story. It's so long, so tedious, so full of padding, with clichéd scenes that don't move the plot (the alleged romantic comedy), but just depict Mercy's life. Her difficulty at auditions, her alcoholic mother, her married sister, her whiny boss at her day job, her various hookups, the shallow Influencer who invites Mercy to an event and then ignores her, etc.
Lots of clichéd scenes. Mercy and her girlfriends debate whether she should text the man or wait for his text, what it means if he doesn't text by midnight, whether to use dating apps, the difference between "likes" and actual dates, the difference between a date and a booty call, etc.
Speaking of clichés, Mercy and her two girlfriends go to a gym to practice boxing. The three woman punch these pads held by big, burly male trainers. I just KNEW that one of the women would knock out a big, burly male trainer. Sure enough, one of Mercy's friends -- a tiny blonde -- gets mad and knocks out a male trainer with just one girl-power punch.
I realize that's supposed to be funny. OMG! This tiny woman knocked out the big, burly man! I've never seen THAT in a movie before!
The acting talent is ... well, it's acceptable. Nothing brilliant, or charismatic, or powerful. Just mid-list talent suitable for a soap opera or low budget film, portraying one-dimensional characters.
This film is nearly 108 minutes long. I fast-forwarded through about 20 minutes of it.
Ghosted is about a struggling actress, played by Jade Asha, who writes a play -- entitled Ghosted -- which she stars in. The play is a success and boosts her career.
That's rather cheeky. An actress writing a script about an actress writing a script, with both the film, and the play within the film, having the same title.
That conceit might have worked for an ironic, surreal, self-referential comedy. But Ghosted is not that.
Instead, Ghosted is a sort of "romantic comedy" (that's how it's marketed), but it's not that either, because the woman (named Mercy) ends up alone. So, no "romantic comedy" ending. But it's still supposed to be a happy ending, because Mercy chooses to be alone. She ends by saying that her most important relationship is with herself.
That's not meant to be a joke.
So Ghosted is a tale of "female empowerment." Mercy likes men, but realizes that she doesn't need men to be happy. She needs to be good to herself. To purse her dreams (of acting), and enjoy her life and career and friends.
Apart from some night time drone footage of London, Ghosted is a drab looking film. It's not badly lit, but neither is the cinematography especially attractive or atmospheric. It conveys nothing, apart from keeping the scenes in focus.
The worst part of Ghosted is the story. It's so long, so tedious, so full of padding, with clichéd scenes that don't move the plot (the alleged romantic comedy), but just depict Mercy's life. Her difficulty at auditions, her alcoholic mother, her married sister, her whiny boss at her day job, her various hookups, the shallow Influencer who invites Mercy to an event and then ignores her, etc.
Lots of clichéd scenes. Mercy and her girlfriends debate whether she should text the man or wait for his text, what it means if he doesn't text by midnight, whether to use dating apps, the difference between "likes" and actual dates, the difference between a date and a booty call, etc.
Speaking of clichés, Mercy and her two girlfriends go to a gym to practice boxing. The three woman punch these pads held by big, burly male trainers. I just KNEW that one of the women would knock out a big, burly male trainer. Sure enough, one of Mercy's friends -- a tiny blonde -- gets mad and knocks out a male trainer with just one girl-power punch.
I realize that's supposed to be funny. OMG! This tiny woman knocked out the big, burly man! I've never seen THAT in a movie before!
The acting talent is ... well, it's acceptable. Nothing brilliant, or charismatic, or powerful. Just mid-list talent suitable for a soap opera or low budget film, portraying one-dimensional characters.
This film is nearly 108 minutes long. I fast-forwarded through about 20 minutes of it.
