The Ghost Writer Opens today at the Michigan Theater Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times Grade: B-

Lou Reed once said his s--- was better than other people’s diamonds. So it is with filmmaker Roman Polanski, who brings such a masterly touch to whatever he does that even a low-key thriller like "The Ghost Writer" shines more brightly than it should. If only the predictable story and timid cast lived up to the director’s sophisticated panache.

Hired to ghost-write the memoir of a Tony Blair-like British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan), a nameless writer (get it?) played by Ewan McGregor is sucked into political and domestic intrigue. The PM is accused by the Hague of human rights violation with his war-on-terror tactics, his frosty wife starts to thaw around McGregor, and suspicious details emerge about the supposed suicide of the previous ghost writer.

Read the full review here