Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a 2009 American romantic comedy film whose plot is based loosely on Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Mark Waters directed a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Filming spanned February 19, 2008 to July 2008 in Massachusetts with stars Matthew McConaughey, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert and Michael Douglas. The film was released on May 1, 2009.
Connor Mead Matthew McConaughey is a famous photographer and confirmed womanizer. He takes a break from his playboy lifestyle to attend his brothers wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti Jennifer Garner, the only girl who ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love isnt real, hes met in the bathroom by the ghost of his uncle Wayne Michael Douglas, a rou who taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women. Wayne informs Connor that, over the course of the evening, he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future.The first ghost is the Ghost of Girlfriends Past in the form of Allison Vandermeersh Emma Stone, one of his high school girlfriends and his first lover. Together, they revisit scenes from his past, focusing on his relationship with Jenny. Connor and Jenny were very close as children she gave him his first instant camera which he used to take her picture, promising to keep it forever. By middle school, the two were on the verge of romance, but Connors hesitation at a dance caused Jenny to dance with and kiss another boy. Heartbroken, Connor was told by Wayne that he must avoid romance at all costs in order not to feel such pain again. For the next two years, Wayne schooled Connor in the art of seduction. When he next saw Jenny, at a high school party, Connor ignored her and had sex with Allison. Several years later, as adults, Connor and Jenny rekindled their romance, but Jenny forced him to woo her for several weeks in an attempt to rid him of his womanizing ways. After they finally did have sex, Connor falls in love with her, but then panics, running out on her so he wont be hurt. Jenny wakes up alone and brokenhearted. His relationships thereafter consisted of a series of very short flings. ........
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