Ghostlight
A reserved construction worker and his rebellious teenage daughter bond through a production of Romeo & Juliet.
- Released: 2024-01-18
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Stars: Keith Kupferer, Dolly de Leon, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Hanna Dworkin, Dexter Zollicoffer, H.B. Ward, Tommy Rivera-Vega, Alma Washington, Matthew C. Yee, Marlene Slaughter, Bradley Grant Smith, Lia Cubilete, Cindy Gold, Francis Guinan, Sarab Kamoo, Charin Alvarez, Anthony Lee Irons, Deanna Dunagan, Jaci Williamson
- Director: Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson
Comments
- rlee-73326 - 20 January 2024
Funny and Emotional
The second film from the (married) team of Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson (Saint Frances). Like their first film (both written by O'Sullivan) it does a great job of combining comedy with serious drama; there a multiple laugh-out-loud moments, and a few subtle dark comedy bits. Keith Kupferer (Princess Cyd) is rather good and is able to guide the film through some lulls (which there are a few; in particular the deposition scenes are a little long); the potentially convenient plot points and developments never bothered me and I thought worked but perhaps some might find them a little too convenient. Kupferer's real-life daughter Katherine Mallen Kupferer plays in in-film daughter and absolutely steals the show as the angry-and-agnsty theater kid. The entire ensemble is enjoyable and helps bring a lot of laughs. For O'Sullivan's second film she has established herself as a someone who can weave comedy into emotional dramas that although they get close to being sappy but never quite do as they are grounded in well-developed characters. Perhaps my only knock is that the film uses 'Under Pressure' and after watching Aftersun the song only reminds me of Aftersun and although the song absolutely ruined me mid-movie it is because of a different movie.
