Michelle SweeneyReview - Ghost Town
January 14th 2009 13:48
Ricky Gervais stars as dentist Bertram Pincus, a bitter loner, who goes to great lengths to avoid human contact of any kind. When admitted to hospital for a colonoscopy, a complication ensues and he dies for seven minutes. When he comes to, he discovers he has the ability to see the dead and as per Ghost Whisperer and The Sixth Sense, the ghosts are grateful that they have someone to communicate with. This of course does not bode well for the British loner Pincus and he tries to avoid and outwit them at all costs.
Frank, a liar and adulterer during his lifetime, is hardly a likeable character and the same can be said for Bertram. While the script had him becoming more likeable as the film progresses, for me it was too little too late and I couldn't empathise with either of the leading men.
Directed and written by David Koepp (Secret Window), unfortunately the script failed to lift the actors above midstream mediocrity.
A comedy with apparitions can be amusing, as shown in Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam, but somehow it kept missing it's footing. I won't deny it did have many humourous moments (the three strikes policy at the hospital for one), I just didn't seem to warm to it as much as I would've hoped.
Voyage Review: 2.5/5
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