Saturday, August 8, 2009

Ghost Town (2008)

"Ghost Town" is not a film worthy of big-screen treatment, but this smallish comedy is a good DVD to watch from the couch. Ricky Gervais plays an uptight, a-hole NYC dentist who dies (a little bit, not long) during routine surgery and wakes up with the ability to see and hear the not-yet dearly departed.

Among his new "friends" is a dead adulterer (Greg Kinnear) who seemingly doesn't want his widow (Tea Leoni) to find happiness with another man. No one is better at milking a prick for long uncomfortable bouts of laughter than Gervais, and he is just perfect here. He's the sole and soul reason to see this film.

I didn't much care for the predictable, forced ending, but that's par for the course in romantic comedies. B

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