Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a 2009 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters. The script was written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Robert Forster, Anne Archer, Emma Stone, and Michael Douglas. It was released in the United States on May 1, 2009, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Plot

Connor Mead is a famous photographer and womanizer. After breaking up with three women simultaneously on a conference call to save time, he travels to his late uncle Wayne's estate in Newport, Rhode Island, to attend the wedding of his younger brother Paul to Sandra. There, he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti, the only woman who captured his heart. At the rehearsal dinner, Connor delivers a drunken speech and makes a pass at Sandra's attractive and flirtatious mother, Vonda, and also unintentionally offends her ex-husband, the stern Sergeant Volkom, Sandra's father. He is then visited by the ghost of the inveterate playboy Wayne, who warns Connor that he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future.