I'll admit it. I like Ricky Gervais. I like smart ass Brits and the comedic rhythm that comes with them. In Ghost Town he plays super anti-social dentist Bertram Pincus (with a name like that no wonder he's anti-social). Dr. Pincus ends up going in for a common colonoscopy, but ends up dying on the table for a few minutes. That's not the problem though. His problem is when he wakes up he sees dead people. And they all want something. Pincus ends up getting cornered by Frank (Greg Kinnear) a ghost who promises him that he can make them all leave him alone if he can help him break up the his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni) and her new fiance (Bill Campbell).Yes, the basic premise is from Ghost, but with Ghost Town see a man rise from the malaise that his life has become. He had to drop dead to live again. Like I said Gervais will make you laugh in the beginning by being such a jerk and in the end by being a charming jerk. He's risen from the dead. Even though the story could be a little tighter Ghost Town is a good almost romantic comedy. Almost? It doesn't quite get there and there is sentiment but not mushy sentiment. A good, laid back comedy.
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