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Ghost Town | 
 enlarge | Director: David Koepp
Actors: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni, Jordan Carlos, Dequina Moore
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 106
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 349364
UPC: 097363493648
EAN: 0097363493648
ASIN: B001L58000
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 27, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 12/26/2008
Amazon.com
Ricky Gervais is brilliant in Ghost Town, playing an unnervingly rude dentist, Bertram, who dies for a few minutes during surgery and acquires the unwanted ability to see ghosts. Chased throughout Manhattan by a gaggle of restless spirits begging him to take care of their unfinished business on Earth, Bertram turns them all away except Frank (Greg Kinnear). The latter, a rogue who cheated on his archaeologist widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni), wants Bertram to intervene in a romance between Gwen and a starchy activist (Bill Campbell). Misanthropic Bertram has to polish his relationship patter, but ends up sounding a lot like Gervais' infamous character in the original The Office, unable to complete a sentence without making others uncomfortable. In time, of course, Bertram falls for the wonderful Gwen, setting up a bunch of overlapping conflicts. Cowritten and directed by David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), Ghost Town walks a fine line between comic freshness and a story idea with elements that have become overly familiar in movies and on television. Kinnear and Leoni have never been better on screen, but Ghost Town is well worth seeing because no one like Gervais has previously played the hapless hero in a high-concept film such as this one. With Gervais doing his familiar, hilariously discomfiting thing, it really doesn't matter what kind of movie Ghost Town is. Happily, it's a pretty good film in every respect. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Even my husband laughed! January 10, 2009
Anne (Baltimore, MD)
I have to give this movie 5 stars because I got my husband to watch the whole thing with me and he doesn't like romantic comedies. I think this movie is genuinely sweet and funny. It made us laugh a lot! It's perfect for anyone who enjoys the type of humor from the show "the office".
 Worse than getting a cavity filled January 10, 2009
Amy Steele (Boston, MA)
It seems we've seen every type of ghost film there possibly could be and that's why Ghost Town doesn't seem to be venturing into any uncharted waters. This film lacks the romantic premise of Ghost where the murdered lover returns to simultaneously tie things up with the love of his life and solve his own murder. This film is not some zombie film where the undead return to wreak havoc on the living. No, here we have those who have died with little [or big] things that are bothering them and they seek some resolve.
A sarcastic, misanthropic dentist named Bertram Pincus [British funnyman Ricky Gervais] technically died on the operating table for seven minutes and suddenly sees dead people everywhere! And they are talking to him endlessly. This is certainly not an original or funny premise. It feels like we've seen it all before somewhere though I cannot immediately put my finger on it.
A ruthless cheater Frank Herlihy [the affable, cute Greg Kinnear] was engaged to Gwen [the even more adorable and talented Tea Leoni]. Now he sees she is engaged to another and he wants that broken off and he thinks that Bertram can make it happen. Frank is determined that Gwen never marries this new guy. Why? I guess even in death he wants her to be miserable. So Frank feeds Bertram material that only Frank and Gwen would know and bing, bang, soon Gwen and Bertram are friends and hitting it off. Gwen seems motivated and open-minded while Pincus is just annoyed at everyone and everything the majority of the time.
Ghost Town moves at an excruciatingly slow pace and is as enjoyable as having a cavity filled. It is a shame because Gervais, Leoni and Kinnear should be working with much better material.
Starts Rocky, But Finds Its Heart January 6, 2009
Chris Cade (Vancouver, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Greg Kinnear and Ricky Gervais star in this very well constructed, heart-warming film about a man who discovers one day that he is able to see and hear spirits. For some, this would be a blessing; for the main character, it's a horrible curse. He is a very cynical, pessimistic, self-centered man that tries to ignore the spirits. All he wants is for them to elave him alone so he can go about his normal miserable quiet life.
But the more and more he interacts with them, the more his heart opens, little by little. This film may bring you laughter and/or tears, as well as help awaken you to your own heart's desires. See what happens as seeming tragedy slowly turns into a miracle with "Ghost Town". Oh yeah, and just when you think you know what happens... well, think again!
great movie! January 4, 2009
Floyd E. Dennis (stephenville, texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
a great movie! very funny! these things do happen. and it is so good to see them in film now... a must see!
Gervais Elevates A So-So Script January 3, 2009
FLbeachbum (Ormond Beach, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm giving "Ghost Town" four stars, but they all belong to Ricky Gervais. The story/script isn't much above mediocre, but once Gervais appears he begins to redeem it. And since he is the main character, that amounts to a lot of redemption.
It's interesting to me that other reviewers on Amazon and elsewhere describe his character (Bertram Pincus, DDS) as an obnoxious jerk, when it was clear to me that it was the Greg Kinnear character of Frank who was ten times the jerk that Dr. Pincus was. What; we're supposed to tolerate incompetent medical professionals as well as non-stop gasbags? Also, I'm willing to go out on a limb here and suggest that it might be just a wee bit distracting to be followed around by ghosts-with-an-agenda everywhere...
But never mind - "Ghost Town" isn't the sort of movie where one should burden themselves with picking apart characters and plot points. I do wish, however, that Tea Leoni's paleontologist character had been a bit less neurotic and weepy. Her portrayal seemed one of a totally unstable person (emotionally), and it gave me the impression that the writer glibly views all women as being this way. (Perhaps this is because he is normally involved in making "action" films.)
Nevertheless, Gervais steals the show so if you are a fan you'll enjoy this movie. Conversely, if you don't "get" Ricky Gervais, you probably won't.
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