This is the first time a write review, and I created an account just the be able to review this movie. It's one of the best movies I ever watched.

I hesitated for long time to give it a chance. I discovered The Ghost Writer again on Netflix. I have to admit that it was better than I expected. It begins slow but steady interesting. Then it gets more and more into an intriguing story. Finally it ends with great surprises that I couldn't even imagine at the beginning of the movie. Ewan McGregory played his role perfectly. I liked the mysterious filming locations and the perfectly adapted music a la Hitchcock. Director Roman Polanski created a solid mystery thriller. Bravo. It deserves by far a good entertaining rate of 7/10.

Watching this again, for the second time this year, and still thoroughly enjoying it.Polanski can do no wrong for me, and this movie might be his best work. The story is enthralling, the actors riveting, and yet it is a lean and understated presentation.I have always had a vivid imagination, and yet I don't find that a hindrance to enjoying this movie. I have still to work out why that is since, usually, familiarity reduces the enjoyment level.Someone compared Polanski's style in this production to that of Hitchcock. That may well be so, but Polanski has a unique style all of his own, and it shines through for me in this movie. The best conspiracy stories are always edgy, and Ghost is rather edgier than most, especially through the understated way it comes across. It is not overly convoluted but still catches my imagination on every occasion, even after several viewings.Prior to this, Polanski's "Chinatown" was my favourite out of his work, and certainly near to the top of my top-10 favourite movies. Needless to say, "Ghost" has now moved firmly onto that short list.

Whatever one may think of Polanski, he can direct a fine thriller. Many of his movies have this quality - they don't seem to be part of a grand director's oeuvre, but are full, fine, successful projects. This is a taut, slightly spooky political thriller in which Ewan MacGregor plays a ghost writer - a replacement ghost writer, since the first guy mysteriously died - for a smooth British politician (Brosnan). There is nothing to complain about here - locations, performances, imagery, low key soundtrack - all of it is first rate. There are dashes of Hitchcock and classic mysteries. The ending is a little unsatisfying, but it has the right paranoid scope.