Ghostlight (now streaming on AMC+) is gearing up to be 2024’s biggest critical sleeper hit, a teeny-tiny film that has been lauded as a heartwarming tearjerker since its Sundance debut. It’s a labor of love from filmmakers Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, who shot the film in their home city of Chicago, with local actors, including husband-wife-daughter leads Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen and Katherine Mallen Kupferer. It’s a story about a buttoned-up man who’s working through personal tragedy and finds much-needed “therapy” by participating in a local theater production. Review spoiler alert: You’ve got to see this lovely little film.
The Gist:Dan (Kupferer) draws the curtain open and looks at the dark spot on the lawn. He’s up before the roosters for his road-construction gig. He’s busy annoying the local small business owners with noisy heavy machinery when he gets a phone call. His teen daughter Daisy (Mallen Kupferer) is in trouble at …