Fresh
It is alternately tender, sad and smart. It's also very funny.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Ghost Town
He sees dead people... and they annoy him.
2008 · 1h 42m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
David Koepp
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Ghost Town
Overview
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This just kind of fell flat.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Fresh
Enjoyable as it is to see Gervais trying (and often succeeding) to make something of the mediocre dialogue, it's not enough.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh
Naturally, Koepp makes it his business to redeem this unpleasant character and recast him as an acceptable stand-in for a romantic lead. But cynics should not despair; it's not a complete makeover.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Fresh
It's enlivened by the performance of Ricky Gervais as Bertram Pincus, a latter-day Scrooge for whom the living are no less annoying than the dead.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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