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Director: David Koepp

Release Date: 24 October 2008

Tagline: He sees dead people… And they annoy him.

Main Cast:

Ricky Gervais … Bertram Pincus

Greg Kinnear … Frank Herlihy

Téa Leoni … Gwen Herlihy

Ghost Town is an amiable if somewhat predictable comedy (bordering on, dare I say it, a romcom). I’m not a huge fan of Ricky Gervais, but thankfully he manages to reign in his usual style somewhat and gives his character the endearing charm needed.

The plot centres around Bertram Pincus (Gervais), a man who dislikes people (I’m with him on that one!) Following an operation (did they have to go for a cheap peurile laugh here?) in which he learns that he was clinically dead for seven minutes he becomes able to see the dead, and they all seem to want something from him.

There are some very funny moments, but nothing to really lift it much beyond average.

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