![]() ![]() You find out that he has hundreds, if not thousands, of short-term relationships. MM: “Yeah, when you first meet him he’s ina studio – he is a fashion photographer, has a very busy life. Q: Can you tell us a bit about your character Connor Meads? It was very seamless, at least it seemed seamless. I’ve said this though, what she was great at in hindsight after now having a child, it was very seamless how she handled being a parent and being an actress. I don’t remember exactly what we said now that I’m doing it. Did Jennifer give you any pointers and did you have discussions with her about parenthood? Q: You were about to be a father during filming Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. That was the…I think I was asked recently and then asked about it today, what was the birds and bees talk that I had, and it was always pop talking about respecting a woman. Q: Is there any advice you’re going to pass down to your son? I’ve heard you talk about what advice your father gave you and always worked? He will be on the beach and he will be taking wild hikes (Laughs.) That’s the greatest miracle in the world.” And that’s gonna be brand new, every day and it’s never going to repeat itself and to bring in a healthy child and to raise him the right way and then to a certain point and then let him go, and then to still see him from afar? He’ll come back and we’ll see how they’ve grow in to a young man or young woman. Well, the greatest architect I can be, the one I have always looked forward to is the architect of raising my child. Y’know, we go make movies, we have things, we have goals, we achieve and we build something up. This is everything I’ve always dreamed about – this is it. Q: What is the best bit about being a dad? For his latest flick, McConaughey steps out on his two-time rom-com partner Kate Hudson to woo Jennifer Garner in The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a modern take on the Dickens tale with McConaughey visited by the ghosts of his girlfriends past: ![]() It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Matthew McConaughey seems to star in every third romantic comedy – he is, as Movies.ie learned, the perfect date. Still, if one is going to sit through a wedding movie, "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is far less painful than "Bride Wars." At least there's a little romance served up with this comedy.Matthew Mcconaughey is being haunted this weekend in his latest romantic comedy “The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” In fact, the trio who play the bridesmaids are so unlikable they put the bride in a bad light. With the exception of Douglas, Archer and Stone, the supporting cast - including Robert Forster as Korean War Vet/JP father of the bride, Lacey Chabert as said bride and Meyer - add nothing. Wedding interiors are lit with a golden glow and the camera just loves Garner of the exquisitely expressive face. The film is mostly set at Ipswich, Massachusetts' Crane Estate, (although everything is branded with Uncle Wayne's initials, a lame pun on 'Wayne Manor') and it's a lovely place. Future is dull, but capped with a clever Scrooge riff. There's wedding cake slapstick (and very bad continuity) and 'fun' with grooms and bridesmaids. (And call me crazy, but the shoulder length hair McConaughey sports in this segment suits him.) When we move into the present, guided by assistant Melanie (Noureen DeWulf, "American Dreamz"), the film flatlines again and never really recovers. Of course, she's blessed with delivering the back story of what happened to Connor and Jennifer's relationship, the meat of the film. Douglas's appearance gives the film a lift and Emma Stone ("The Rocker," "The House Bunny") as Allison Vandermeersh, the ghost of girlfriends past, almost makes it bounce for a while. His boorish behavior at his brother's rehearsal dinner isn't amusing either, although his attempted pickup of his sister-in-law to-be's mother, Vonda (Anne Archer, "Patriot Games," "Man of the House"), has a little spark, mostly due to Archer (and the fact that Connor may be sexist, but at least he's not ageist). Connor has his assistant video conference his last three dates so he can 'group dump' them as his current hookup looks on (and stays!). None of them arrive in the film's set up in which we're to believe that a famous photographer comes into a shoot where everything is so prearranged he literally just presses the button on the camera. It's mostly just there and is unevenly paced, but has a few moments. That said, "Ghosts of Girlfriends" past is better than getting poked in the eye with a stick. Then one notes that "Ghosts" was written by the duo behind "Four Christmases" and one's expectations sink again. ![]() Movies starring Matthew McConaughey generally don't inspire much hope for anything resembling quality, or, even, entertainment, but Jennifer Garner is always likeable and director Mark Waters ("Mean Girls," "The Spiderwick Chronicles") has a pretty good track record. ![]()
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