Over last weekend, I had a strong desire to watch a romantic comedy spy movie, leaving me with the decision between "Jennifer López's Shotgun Wedding" and "Chris Evans's Ghosted." After careful consideration, I ultimately opted for "Ghosted," with hopes that the movie would captivate me, just as Chris Evans did in his previous movie, "The Gray Man' released in 2022. Ghosted proved to be an enjoyable and relaxing experience.
Ghosted (2023) was directed by Dexter Fletcher with Apple TV+ as its distributor. This movie is an American romantic-comedy action film. It was written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers from a story created by Reese and Wernick. The movie starred Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas as the lead characters with Lizze Broadway, Adrien Brody, Ryan Reynolds, Sebastian Stan, and Marwan Kenzari as supporting characters. The movie revolves around Chris Evan (Cole) falling completely overhead for the fascinating Sadie whom he met at the farmers market but soon discovers she's a covert operative and who she confessed to be.
I will be taking a different approach to reviewing this movie. I won't be talking about the plot to avoid spoilers but I will be talking about the things that attracted me to this movie and its flaws. Let's dive straight into it.
Characters.
Chris Evans as Cole
Evans acted as a young man, a farmer, Cole Turner, who is fascinated with agriculture and history. He meets a young woman who he fell for instantly but later discovered she was not who she said she was. I see Evans' performance as a failure here. I was deeply disappointed because of the high expectation I had for this movie. His performance was not realistic to me. It seemed like he was struggling with his role and all he did seemed forced. This movie restricted his talent.
Ana de Armas As Sadie
Armas acted as Sadie, a young woman who encountered Cole at the farmers market spending the whole day with him as an art curator, and then disappears with no contact. Her performance was manageable for me because all the stunts she pulled in the movie were required and necessary because of her role. The only flaw I found with her role was that she had no chemistry with Evans. They both looked tense as they performed the romantic scenes of this movie.
Adrien Brody As Leveque
Brody acted as the main antagonist who was after a CIA agent who is known as the 'The Taxman'. He needed to get a hold of The Taxman to extract information to further the dark agenda he had in mind. For me Brody was the star of the movie, he made the movie entertaining and enjoyable for me. His dark humor and mannerism were what the movie needed to be at least entertaining. He stole the spotlight for me and he acted his villain part well and he was worthy of the role.
Apart from the three characters above, other supporting characters that are in some way surprised with their performance are, Ryan Reynolds, Sebastian Stan, and Marwan Kenzari; their short appearances were worthy and impactful to the plot of the movie. The two lead characters were the big flaw of this movie for me. There was no chemistry, there was tension between both of them and all their performances seemed forced.
Themes In The Plot.
The plot of this movie is rich in quality, I must confess. It was well written and it was the only positive thing that made me watch the movie till end. The storyline is interesting and entertaining regardless of the poor performance of the lead characters.
The plot of this movie has lots of powerful themes that made it rich. It explored themes like; deception, love, trust, betrayal, redemption, family, and Moral Dilemmas. All these themes were connected in a beautiful way that hooked me right from the beginning. The themes made the storyline of this movie flow freely which was easy for me not feel bored or tired of the movie.
My Review And Rating.
In my opinion, this movie would have been a blockbuster if someone else had acted alongside Ana de Armas, Chris Evan wasn't right for the role, thereby it ruined the movie for me. Apart from all the flaws I have talked about, I love the pacing of this movie, good action scenes, average CGI, good location, and the scene arrangements were excellently done. The comedy didn't really sink in well for me, I found nothing funny about comedy dialogue.
Rating this movie, I will give 3.5 out of 5 stars. It was enjoyable because of the storyline, themes of the plot and the antagonist. For an avid rom-com lover, I might not recommend the movie, but still, I recommend this movie to action lovers and spy movie lovers. If you have watched this movie go watch it now.
All images above are from the movie screenshots
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