Synopsis
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!
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Cast
- Ricky GervaisDr. Bertram Pincus
- Greg KinnearFrank Herlihy
- Téa LeoniGwen Herlihy
- Billy CampbellRichard
- Aasif MandviDr. Jahangir Prashar
- Dana IveyMarjorie Pickthall
- Kristen WiigSurgeon
- Michael-Leon WooleyHospital Lawyer
- Alan RuckGhost Dad
- Jordan CarlosYoung Husband
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A winning mix of sharp comedy and touching bits that keeps the laughter -- a few tears -- flowing. - 88
Chicago Tribune
A welcome surprise: a supernatural romantic comedy that works, graced with a cast just off-center enough to make it distinctive. - 80
Variety
Smartly supernatural, and featuring sensational performances by Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni, Ghost Town is a "Topper" for our times. - 75
The A.V. Club
Though the plot contrives to throw Gervais and Leoni together and then pull them apart, the two leads stay consistently in sync through it all, laughing at each other's jokes and generally sharing the kind of normal adult communication that's often missing from movies about people falling in love. - 70
Slate
Once Leoni's Gwen comes on the scene, the movie starts to bubble along nicely. Not just because Leoni is a screwball heroine worth, er, screwballing--at 42, she's more attractive than ever--but because her character is given a weight and texture that's rare in a movie of this type. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Diverting enough, but it's also the kind of high-concept studio concoction Ricky Gervais might have ridiculed in his great backstage-showbiz sitcom "Extras." - 67
Austin Chronicle
But by the time this imperfect little film wends its way to one of the most winning exit lines I've heard in a long time, it's turned into something, well, perfectly lovely. - 63
ReelViews
One of those romantic comedies that never quite clicks. At times, its humor is effective, provoking chuckles and laughs. At other times, the comedy feels forced and awkward.
