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The Ghost Writer

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A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. From TMDB

36 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Oct 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 15, 2026 · How this works

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  • Matt Jordan @itsmattjordan.comBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    Streaming services suck man. I found myself scrambling for the remote in the middle of THE LAST SHOT of The Ghost Writer before some Ann Rule TV movie auto played. The middle of the last shot. How can a company that shows movies do its job of showing movies so badly?

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  • Brian @brianscant.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    Legend! 5 enjoyable Brosnan films: 1. Long Good Friday 2. The Ghost Writer 3. The Tailor of Panama 4. The Matador 5. The Thomas Crown Affair #film www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    The Ghost Writer is handsome, smooth and persuasive. Polanski is a reminder of directors who were raised on craft, not gimmicks, and depended on a deliberate rhythm of editing rather than mindless quick cutting. The film immerses you in its experience.

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  • Goreville Shriek 😱 @amcnal.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    lol i'm watching The Ghost Writer (2010) which i didn't realize took place in America at all, nonetheless close enough to my office for it to show up on a GPS

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  • Hoju BOOlander @hojukoolander.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2025

    My buddy made a film that has some amazing 90s PBS retro elements in it. You ought to give it a watch if you were ever a fan of the Ghost Writer series or just want to support independent cinema.

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  • Darren Hughes @longpauses.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    I’m watching The Ghost Writer for the first time since it came out. This is a good example of “the kind of movie that can’t get made in 2025.” Makes me wonder what Polanski and Lynch liked about Jim Belushi. I’d love to see a version of this film made in 1974, shot by Gordon Willis.

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  • Melissa Jo @melissajd.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge #FilmSky 🎥 British Prime Minister in a movie. The Ghost Writer (2010) Pierce Brosnan as former British Prime Minister Adam Lang.

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  • Ashley Rovira 🇺🇦 @heavycrownpress.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    The Ghost Writer (dir. Roman Polanski, 2010) is a film greatly illuminated & enhanced from a 2025 vantage point. Tony Blair, Bush/Cheney, War on Terror, Iraq, WMDs, anyone? Still with me? Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/heavycro...

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  • Dana M @dana-m.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2024

    I watched, The Ghost Writer, yesterday. You should see that movie.

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  • Hugo Dabas @hugodabas.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    Combine two film titles to make a new film. The Ghost Writer: Spirit of Vengeance

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  • Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    THE GHOST WRITER is the best-directed movie since STARSHIP TROOPERS

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  • Zoran Samardzija @andredetoth.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    It may be the worst film ever from a great director. But "An Officer and Spy" was surprisingly good considering I gave up hope with the films after "The Ghost Writer"

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  • Chris R @chrisrs123.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just an image. Day 8 #FilmSky #Movies 🎬📽️ The Ghost Writer

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  • Craig Carlisle @creggster.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    She was awesome in Polanskis film “The Ghost Writer”

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  • Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Ossoff naming "The Ghost Writer" (Polanksi, 2010) as his favorite film probably could fuel a bit of discourse here

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  • Derek St. John @derek117.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    “The Ghost Writer” is one of my fav films. Beautifully constructed, photographed, and acted. The final scene is simple and effective in summing up the entire film.

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  • Stewart Moncure @rsmon77.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2025

    This is based on a novel by British writer Robert Harris. He’s had a few of his works made into movies, like the Roman Polanski movie THE GHOST WRITER. #ImpromptuTheater

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  • Spam E. McSpam @spamemcspam.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2025

    Now watching: The Ghost Writer (2010)

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  • Sandra Vigil @sjvigilant.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    2025 #Movie #60: The Ghost Writer (2010) #MovieSky #Filmsky📽️🎬

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  • we're on to Crystal Lake @neoraven.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2025

    napping and snoozing auto-play movies this week: Never Back Down, Stomp The Yard, Gridiron Gang, Big Trouble In Little China, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, Kill the Irishman, Boondock Saints, Survivor, The Ghost Writer, The Nutty Professor, Starship Troopers

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  • Phil Catalfo @philcat.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    I’ve read 3 of Harris’ novels: Pompeii; another one set in Ancient Rome; and The Ghost Writer. I’m a big admirer. Even if I were aware of the negativity around the film, I’d go see it. Great cast, interesting premise, and as an erstwhile Catholic, I’m practically obligated! 🤣

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  • Edward Havens @the80smoviepodcast.comBluesky · Aug 25, 2026

    Mrs. Doubtfire? Thomas Crown Affair? The Ghost Writer (which I love to mention because it's a Polanski film, but he was very good in it)? The World's End? Eurovision Song Contest? The Thursday Murder Club?

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  • Apple Park Films @appleparkfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    Forgot to post this yesterday, but as it's the first of the month it's also another Apple Park Film Club entry. This month I'm talking about why The Ghost Writer presents a moral quandary for me as a film fan. appleparkfilmclub.substack.com/p/read-betwe... #filmsky #cinemasky #moviesky #substack

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  • Trevor Wright Author @wrightspoetryMastodon · May 2, 2026

    The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark kept me guessing until the very last page. Dual timelines, family secrets, characters that are nobody you think they are. 5 stars. #TheGhostwriter #JulieClark #Sourcebooks #bookreview https://wrightspoetry.com/2026/05/02/the-ghostwriter-by-julie-clark-book-review/

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  • Kevin Anthony Brown @kevinabrown.com @kevinanthonybrown.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2026

    «Soliloquies: The Movie Diaries» 24 February 2026 Roman Polanski (1/1) Until I began thinking of them as a body of work, each RP film left me on the fence. Chinatown Frantic The Ghost Writer Knife in the Water Macbeth The Ninth Gate The Pianist Repulsion Rosemary's Baby The Tenant Tess #humor

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  • hinesd24.bsky.social @hinesd24.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2025

    2025 Film Reviews 471. One Cut of the Dead (2017) - 4.5 472. The Beach (2000) - 4.0 473. Flipside (2023) - 4.5 474. Les Carabiniers (1968) - 3.5 475. The Ghost Writer (2010) - 4.5 #2025FilmsDH

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  • Cherry D. Brandy @cherrybrandy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    The Ghost Writer is a great film about a duel between two morons who both believe the other is a conniving genius.

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  • jimmycraig42.bsky.social @jimmycraig42.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2025

    Have you ever seen the movie The Ghost Writer? If you want to know who Mrs Pierre is...that movie will give you insight

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  • Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2025

    New film reviews: Demon Pond (1979)★★★★ I Like Movies (2022) ★★ Lady Terminator (1988)★★1/2 Five Minutes to Live (1961)★★ Borderlands (2024)1/2 High Spirits (1988)★★★ The Visit (2015)1/2 The Lusty Men (1952)★★★★1/2 The Mean Season (1985)★★★ The Ghost Writer (2010)★★★ letterboxd.com/duncanshield...

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  • Peter B. @pcbogert.eurosky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2025

    The Fearless Issue Over Fearless, The Ghost Writer en Crimson Tide. AMP van de week: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. #film #cinema peterbogert.substack.com/p/54-the-fea...

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  • hippiedad68.bsky.social @hippiedad68.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    My first post, here we go. Who else believes Nostradamus was the Ghost Writer for the film, now documentary, Idiocracy?

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Apr 14, 2024

    It's quite difficult to watch this in the UK and not draw parallels with a certain real former Prime Minister - especially given the way "Lang" is rather chummily played by Pierce Brosnan. He is trying to have his memoirs written, and after an accident robs him of the incumbent, his team alight on a man who shows no interest in or has any knowledge of politics. This nameless character (Ewan McGregor) is given strict instruction about the manuscript, whom he can talk to or about it to and his…

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  • David Kuhne @davidkuhne.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2024

    I rated The Ghost Writer as the best film of its year. Probably shouldn’t rewatch that one if I want to bring his Letterboxd rating down

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  • Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2023

    GoldenEye is the only good Bond film he made. Taffin is funny as hell. Tailor of Panama is an underrated near gem. But the only truly great performance he's ever given is in The Ghost Writer as Tony.

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  • Conor McAdam @conormcadam.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2023

    Tom Wilkinson in THE GHOST WRITER is better than the whole movie, and the movie is good.

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  • Renovatio @RenovatioTMDB reviews · Apr 11, 2017

    Such an eerie and haunting movie… I expected just another political thriller, but this is so much more interesting… The remote setting, the media storm… the layered motivations of the characters, sexual, financial, political etc… It was also great to see cinematography that wasn’t just close ups of talking heads, which is the norm for these kinds of movies… I also liked the parallels to the real world, the Blair-esque prime minister, the Middle Eastern wars and such, but also that it really is…

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