After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exor... (Full plot summary below)
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After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exorcise" the houses for a fee. But when he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their forehead beforehand, Frank tries to help the people whom the Reaper is after!
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| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamIn the person of Cameron Diaz, Mary is an island of sanity, good-natured humanity and genuine sweetness in an ocean of anarchy. Without her presence, There's Something About Mary would be merely sophomoric and tasteless. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversSensational, sicko fun -- you won't believe your eyes -- and just the thing to shake up the creeping conservatism that is draining the vulgar life out of pop culture. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinEven when you're able to guess the next calamity, it's still a shock in its ejaculatory intensity. The Farrellys never throw in the towel. Pretentious Sundance independents could learn a lot from such pistols. |
| The A.V. ClubJoe GardenOne of the funniest movies of the year, but you may need to shower afterwards. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaA gut-busting blast of tasteless tomfoolery. |
| New York Daily NewsDave KehrThe Farrellys here show a gift not just for finding humor where others have feared to look but for presenting it in a way that is surprisingly close to irresistible. |
| EmpireAdam SmithHuge ghostly fun, and a fine achievement from the early days of CGI. |
| Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerThe Frighteners is also that rare horror film that actually gets better as it proceeds; this scare machine has a heart and a brain. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterThis one is dumbest. And funniest, as if that matters even a little bit! |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesEvery frame drips with Jackson's moviemaking fever. |
