Ghost Town PG-13
He sees dead people... and they annoy him.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 42 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 10, 2017
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni & Greg Kinnear | |
Performer: | Kristen Wiig, Dana Ivey & Aasif Mandvi | |
Directed by | David Koepp | |
Edited by | Sam Seig | |
Screenwriting by | David Koepp & John Kamps | |
Composition by | Geoff Zanelli | |
Produced by | Gavin Polone | |
Director of Photography: | Fred Murphy | |
Executive Production by | Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber & Ezra Swerdlow |
Entertainment Reviews:
This just kind of fell flat.
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At the Movies
It is alternately tender, sad and smart. It's also very funny.
At the Movies
Rating: 4/5 --
Ghost Town is both a surprise and a departure: it's genuinely funny and quietly original. It also shows what Gervais can do in the right role.
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Sydney Morning Herald
The ending's like The Simpsons' version of a Disneyland parade, with the shouted slogan, "Hurray for Everything!!" And these days, nobody needs that kind of aggravation.
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The eXile
Rating: 2/5 --
The film's premise is high-concept Hollywood at its creakiest.
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Times (UK)
I like Gervais but now realise there is only so much I can take at the one sitting.
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The Spectator
Rating: 3/6 --
Enjoyable as it is to see Gervais trying (and often succeeding) to make something of the mediocre dialogue, it's not enough.
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Time Out
Product Description:
Director and screenwriter David Koepp (STIR OF ECHOES, SECRET WINDOW) brings Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, and Téa Leoni together for a romantic comedy with a twist of the supernatural. Dr. Bertram Pincus (Gervais) doesn't like people very much. In fact, the antisocial dentist does everything he can to avoid interaction with other human beings. Unfortunately, he gets more than he bargained for when he is released from the hospital after undergoing a standard procedure: he can see dead people, and they can see him. Suddenly, every ghost in New York City wants Pincus to help clean up their unfinished business. Dapper Frank (Kinnear) is the most persistent ghost, badgering Pincus to help keep his widow, Gwen (Leoni), from making a big mistake.
Gervais is perfect as Pincus, whose deadpan expressions make obvious his disdain for people. His comic timing is spot on throughout the film. Kinnear makes Frank likable, not an easy feat since he apparently wasn't such an upstanding guy when he was alive and married to Leoni's Gwen. Aasif Mandvi appears as a dentist sharing Gervais's office, and Billy Campbell is Gwen's new love interest. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE star Kristen Wiig is a scene-stealer as Pincus's surgeon, particularly when she is trying to avoid telling her patient what went wrong during his procedure. Dana Ivey and Alan Ruck also appear as ghosts in need of help.
Gervais is perfect as Pincus, whose deadpan expressions make obvious his disdain for people. His comic timing is spot on throughout the film. Kinnear makes Frank likable, not an easy feat since he apparently wasn't such an upstanding guy when he was alive and married to Leoni's Gwen. Aasif Mandvi appears as a dentist sharing Gervais's office, and Billy Campbell is Gwen's new love interest. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE star Kristen Wiig is a scene-stealer as Pincus's surgeon, particularly when she is trying to avoid telling her patient what went wrong during his procedure. Dana Ivey and Alan Ruck also appear as ghosts in need of help.