Ghost Writer, The

UK 2010, 128 minutes
Dir. Roman Polanski
Rating: [M]
Genres: Suspense

Feat. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton, Eli Wallach

“offers an unusually astute glimpse of power at its most alluring and corrosive.”~Washington Post

Aroview: A cracking yarn in unapologetic Hitchcock mould has Ewan McGregor hired to complete the memoirs of a Tony Blair-like former British prime minister (Brosnan) uncovering secrets that put his life if jeopardy.

A wild and woolly fiction that borrows liberally from real-life events, this may only have the gravitas of an 'airport novel' (by Robert Harris), but a fine cast and plush appointments help veteran dir. Polanski ply his trade in stylish, rollicking escapism right up until the 'surprise' denouement.

NZ International Film Festival 2010