Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
A womanising photographer is visited by three ghosts the night before a wedding.
Swap money for romance and Christmas for a wedding, and the three-ghost plot still works.
You want a romantic comedy and you will enjoy spotting the three-ghost plot under it.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: a dead mentor who warns him, and three ghosts in order: past, present, future.
Changes: the setting, to a modern wedding weekend. Michael Douglas is the late uncle in the Marley part, and Emma Stone is the Ghost of Girlfriends Past.
Whose story is it?
Connor Mead’s, played by Matthew McConaughey, with Jennifer Garner.
How much time does it ask?
A feature, 1 hour 37 minutes. Directed by Mark Waters.
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More Christmas Carols: A Christmas Carol (MGM, 1938) · Scrooge (1951), with Alastair Sim · A Christmas Carol (1984), with George C. Scott