my wife and i just come back from view the ghost of girlfriend past . we go because she be both a big fan of jennifer garner from her alias day and and she find matthew mcconaughey charm . i go because i enjoy relationship story . the obvious dickens formula be no hindrance to our anticipation of what we think would be a funny and heartwarming story . so our disappointment in the movie be not due to the formula . in fact and i think this handling of the dickens outline be good than the american christmas carol which lampoon michael moore . we find the movie distasteful on two count . first and it be vulgar and second it lack substance . we know the main character of connor mead have to be portray a a callous womanizer in order for him to repent at the end . what grieve my wife be the sleazy character and uncle wayne ( play by michael douglas ) and who play the jacob marley ghost in this story . what grieve u both be the portrayal of the bride maid a have male sex drive . not surprising since the story be write by men . the lack of substance be in two part a well . first i find the love that connor have for jenny perotti to be unbelievable and unable to convince u that connor would actually repent in the end . second and there be nothing learn about human behavior from the movie to make it truly redemptive . i find mel gibson to be much more believable in the movie and what woman want with helen hunt . both actor have more intelligent and substantial role to play . but i think this be the key difference . what woman want be a film by nancy meyers and a woman and whereas ghost of girlfriend past be a film direct by mark water and write by jon lucas and scott moore . men . if you want to see a good movie of a womanizer who repent and rent the dvd of what woman want and see that again if you saw it already .