Ghost Town (2008)

A handsomely witty film that will make you laugh out loud while gently tugging at your heart.

David Koepp (Secret Window, Stir of Echoes) bring us this hauntingly enjoyable tale of a wannabe playboy, New York smooth talker named Frank (Greg Kinnear, Baby Mama, Little Miss Sunshine) who finds himself recently deceased after an unfortunate air conditioner accident. He teams up with a frumpy, lost soul from the land of the living, a dentist by the name of Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais, Night at The Museum) who recently was revived from a near death experience during a routine procedure at a local hospital. Now with the ability to see the dead, and being annoyed at every turn by them, Dr. Pincus is hounded by Frank with a request to break up his widow Gwen's (Téa Leoni, Fun with Dick and Jane , bad Boys) marriage to her new beau. In doing so, Bertram finds himself stuck in a supernatural love triangle.

I started off the night watching Management, but the audio was eff'd on my copy, so I reluctantly picked up this film... and glad I did. This was definitely one of those heart warming, feel good movies where you really connected with the main characters and really hoped for the best. I'm not even a Ricky Gervais fan, I actually hate the office, but in this film, his timing and delivery were just, a bit of perfection. The scene where he is being wheeled down the hall in the hospital, and the conversation with the surgeon (Kristen Wiig, SNL, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) had me cracking up long after the scene had passed. With all the laughs it delivers, it's bound to draw a tear or two from the romantic types. It's a really good mash-up, really earning the title of "Romantic Comedy." I definitely recommend this for your next date night.

7.0/10

Rated: PG-13
102 mins