Heaven can wait for Patrick Swayze in this supernatural love story starring Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg
An unlikely, though ultimately impressive, attempt to make a supernatural romantic drama in the vein of 1947's The Ghost And Mrs. Muir, Ghost is a genre-bending blockbuster that turns mawkish sentiment into real emotional involvement through the skilled direction of Jerry Zucker, a filmmaker better known for Airplane! and The Naked Gun series.（）

　　 Swayze plays Sam Wheat, a merchant banker who's murdered in a street robbery and Moore is Molly Jensen, his grieving widow, left alone with her memories of their pottery table romps to the tune of 'Unchained Melody'. Yet there's a twist: Sam may be dead, but he's stayed on earth as a spirit in order to spend a few more moments with his beloved. Throw in a conspiracy plot, plenty of ectoplasmic special effects and an over-the-top Whoopi Goldberg and the result is a crowd-pleasing supernatural romance guaranteed to keep the interest of even the most blithe spirit.

　　 Admittedly, Swayze and Moore's performances are far too wet to actually be considered anything more than barely competent (good looks were obviously more important than talent in casting the lead couple), but with a script and supporting cast this good, it doesn't really matter. High points include Swayze's subway train lesson in manifesting himself in the real world, the scene in which the film's villains are dragged down to hell and every moment of Goldberg's amateur psychic shtick.