Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

xpedro-580-714685 Well, this is one of my all time favorites! It has not a complex story line, it's easy to watch, and easy to fall in love with the scenarios, the ambiance and the cast. Speaking of the castle, this movie earns great marks for it: the decoration of the sets it's brilliant, and gives a wonderful mood, and the outdoors are really beautiful. Daryl fits the part very well, although sometimes she looks like having too much make up on. With a hand full of good actors, a gorgeous soundtrack and sets that my dreams are made of, i can say that i watch this movie countless times (pretty sure more than 1000 times)and I recommend to be seen on a rainy afternoon, with dimmed lights and the fireplace on!

Dunham16 This tongue in cheek horror movie contains elements of romantic comedy. The failed proprietor of a run down castle in Ireland attempts to save the property by inventing a haunting aura for tourists. The phoney props do not work and the tourists revolt. This uprising annoys the ghosts actually inhabiting the castle who stage a genuine haunting for Hallowe'en. Some serious horror is mixed into a fantasy plot ending with two mixed couples, one an eighteenth century ghost the other an American tourist. There are well done elements of romance, of comedy horror spoof, of physical comedy, of nostalgic Ireland and of genuine horror creating a well acted mix which pleases throughout.v

pesic-1 I saw this film as a child and I actually somewhat enjoyed it, mainly because my hormones were beginning to rage and I rather liked Daryl Hannah as a fragile, medieval maiden. But I also hated the humour. Even by 80s standard, this just isn't funny. The film is trying to compensate with noise, but none of the gags are even remotely funny, not to mention none of it makes any sense at all. When the film starts throwing nonsense at you for no apparent reason, it generates contempt. When joke after stupid joke fails to work, it generates contempt. When characters turn out to be dull, one-dimensional cardboard cutouts, it generates contempt. So by the time the 'twist' in the plot comes about, the audience is already exhausted and filled with contempt. And then one realizes that the 'twist', telegraphed from the very start of the film, brings nothing new. It's the same old moronic gags and a love story that goes nowhere. It is a shame to see a potentially good idea for a film, a pretty good cast, and a decent budget squandered like this. Why did we put up with Steve Guttenberg back in the 80s anyway? He's just awful. Frankly, I don't know how to judge this film. It does remind me of my childhood and the wonderful 80s which are gone forever. I'd give it ten stars for nostalgia, but judged on quality, I say it deserves around three stars. The actors, by the way, did a great job. It's not their fault. The script was terribly flawed, and that is the fundamental problem.

elshikh4 This is entertaining from both theatrical and cinematic point of view. It's a very rare time to witness the comic side of director (Neil Jordan) the guy who would direct later a chain of very serious and cheerless films in the 1990s like for instances Interview with the Vampire (1994), Michael Collins (1996), or The End of the Affair (1999). So to perfect such a fantastic romantic comedy as cheery, tumultuous and simple as this, is something really wired and historical for him.Actually it's more like an old ghost story collides with any wacky comedy from the 1930s' cinema, yet achieving an originality that makes it one of the 1980s' nicest flicks. The cast was perfect. Forget that (Darryl Hannah) was at her worst, because even that can't take from the movie's high light personality. The wonderful showy efforts of (Peter O'Toole) accorded with this atmosphere and harmonized with it. He was loose as the defeated miserable drunken Peter Plunkett, adding a tasty flavor to the character's bitterly sarcastic way, being a treat to watch apart since there are not many comedic precedents in (O'Toole)'s career. Btw, I refuse to accept the dim-witted remarks about him here as he was playing himself. Because aside from that as something I don't buy, he was too good in his role to be a miserable defeated actor by all means.The comedy is swift, the pace is crazy, and the sets are inspiring. There is a certain delight and bright sense all over the movie. The sexiness is over-the-top with mega-gorgeous babes : (Beverly D'Angelo) was outrageously sexy, (Jennifer Tilly) isn't bad herself, and even an extra by the name of (Hilary Reynolds), who played near to silent maid, fascinated me utterly. It even managed to have a genuine tender message as well about true love and how it brings life to everyone and everything around. I liked the frisky end where every soul met its fair match. Makes you wish : if life was like this ! There are sensitive bits, or so droll to cartonnish extent, that push me to rethink : who was exactly the man that directed the list of movies that I mentioned previously ?!! (Jordan) himself has always maintained that the released version of this movie is very different from the one he shot, insisting that his version is still locked away in a vault. According to long experience with (Jordan)'s other works (in fact all of them !), I say keep it in the vault, this one is satisfying as it is. Thanks to the funny spirit whoever made it anyway. Because when it comes to an entertaining movie, I find nothing to ask more than what this one has.