The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

I might watch this one again. I had a hard time in the beginning buying into the story, and that kept me from becoming completely engaged for over half the movie. I still thoroughly enjoyed it, but my appreciation for it has grown more upon reflection to the point that I now think it's a great movie that could become a personal favorite if I saw it again.

I became interested immediately with Lucy telling her mother-in-law and sister-in-law that she was leaving. What really had me curious here was the reasoning behind the harsh feelings of the sister-in-law. This character reminded me of the wicked witch from The Wizard of Oz. Unless I missed it, there never seemed to be a reason given for her apparent disdain or lack of understanding for Lucy's decision. So she moves away, and it seemed a bit cliched with the agent trying to talk her out of the house since he knew it's history. What wasn't cliched was Lucy wanting the house even though she knew it was haunted. This seemed a bit far fetched to me. When Daniel appeared in human form, this was when I started really having a hard time believing in everything. From there it was just the two main wonderful characters and performances that warmed me up and won me over. Just to be clear, I loved Tierney from the start. I mean, I thought she was special in this playing a woman that any man could fall in love with. It actually wasn't until George Sanders came into
the picture that I started to fall in love with the movie as a whole. I find him to be a very charismatic performer, and the unlikely love triangle was a huge plus for me.

This is an incredibly charming movie that is both moving and humorous, and the timing of these characteristics are impeccable. The lead and supporting performances are all exceptional, and it is visually and aurally beautiful. I thought the ending was amazing. My rating reflects this one viewing which started off shaky, but I feel it is better than that.