Restless Spirits (1999)
A young girl, who struggles with her pilot father's death in a plane crash years before, visits her grandmother in Newfoundland. While there, she encounters the ghosts of two pilots, who are condemned to Earth to constantly re-live their own crash that occurred in 1927. The girl decides to help the pair by helping them re-build their airplane and complete their flight so they may be released and, in turn, deal with her own emotional bondage.
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Best movie ever!
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
First let me say that I really liked the film. Splendid acting, and a ghost story as good as this one is very rare. It's interesting to note that when a movie is done as well as this one, it is perfectly possible to suspend belief and accept things like an aircraft that has been submerged in water for over sixty some years could be repaired and flown within a matter of days. And I did learn something from the movie - that the plane that Nungesser and Coli flew was a classic Stearman Model 75. How they ever stuffed enough fuel into that one to get across the Atlantic is quite beyond me.This is a problem with being an aviation buff. I always pick up on stuff like this.CGI would have helped a lot here. But it was still a great movie, anyway!
This movie wasn't put together to win an Oscar, or profoundly move anyone, or blow anybody away with special effects. It's a low-budget "family" type film that succeeds in it's modest goals. The performances won't leave you stunned, but they're certainly not terrible either. The plot isn't revolutionary, but it is fairly novel. What few special effects there are don't amaze, but they don't make you groan either. Altogether, a fairly forgettable but nevertheless likable production.
If you want a break from all the sex and violence in most modern day movies, if you want to see a NICE story, if you want to feel good inside. then this is the movie for you. The premise may be far-fetched, but watch it with the kids and you'll all be smiling when it's over, and maybe wiping away a feel-good tear.
I saw this as "Restless Spirits"...And no, it has nothing to do with "Groundhog Day."It involves a 12-year-old girl whose test-pilot father died in a crash a few years back and her kind-but-harried mother has moved on with her life, having fallen in love with another man.While mom goes off to determine whether the romance is worth pursuing, the daughter is left with a relative (well-played by the versatile Marsha Mason)in seaside Newfoundland.Some local girls let her in on a secret pond which (legend has it), when the fog rolls in, occasionally becomes haunted.This leads to an imaginative series of mostly wonderful life-changing adventures for the young woman.I loved this film.4 of 4