Focus and Thought Required This film is NOT for anyone looking for the latest version of The Haunting or any other conventional ghost movie themed picture. It's also not recommended viewing for those who believe a film can be fully appreciated while folding laundry, checking email, picking your teeth/toes.
But for those true cinephiles out there who enjoy a film that requires thinking, don't mind devoting their focus and brain cells on a film, and enjoy immersing themselves in a story that is not told in a traditional trajectory, A Ghost Story just might be one of the best 90 minutes you'll spend on a film.
The characters are compelling and perfected acted. Not a weak moment from any actor. Totally believable from beginning to end. These aren't cardboard cutout standard roles. You believe these are real people.
The atmosphere is perfectly crafted, haunting and scary scenes are shown when you may least expect to see them. You may find you have to go back and watch the movie again. The music adds just the right mood as well, letting viewers know they things menacing are just under the surface, poised to manifest themselves at any moment.
And most importantly, the story is a true ghost story. It's how many viewers will think ghosts could actually coexist with us, sharing our daily chores and our mundane and fleeting lives, that could at any moment end.
It's a perfect film in many ways. Give it a serious viewing.