The Ghost Writer (2009) NY Times Critics Pick

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Ewan McGregor in “The Ghost Writer,” directed by Roman Polanski.
Writer for Hire Is a Wanted Man
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: February 19, 2010

The darkly brooding sky that hangs over much of “The Ghost Writer,” the latest from Roman Polanski, suggests that all is grim and gray and perhaps even for naught. But this high-grade pulp entertainment is too delectably amusing and self-amused, and far too aware of its own outrageous conceits to sustain such a dolorous verdict. The world has gone mad of course — this is a Polanski film — so all we can do is puzzle through the madness, dodging the traps with our ironic detachment and tongue lightly in cheek. More