Ghost Town - movie review
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
If you want to make money, you go to David Koepp. Three of the 20 films he has written are on
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
If you want to make money, you go to David Koepp. Three of the 20 films he has written are on
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The success of this sophisticated, supernatural frivolity is all about the breezy comedic appeal of sardonic, misanthropic Ricky Gervais, whose refusal to suffer fools has turned “The Office” into one of TV’s top programs. British-born dentist Bertram Pincus (Gervais), now settled in Manhattan, is a nasty fellow, the [...]
Queer Beacon (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
In Ghost Town, Ricky Gervais plays a dentist who has major issues with people. After dying for 7 minutes during a surgical procedure, he starts seeing dead people, one of such people is Greg Kinnear's character, who wants Ricky to...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
TORONTO — GREG Kinnear and Ricky Gervais were at the Four Seasons Hotel at the Toronto International Film Festival two weeks ago to talk about their new movie "Ghost Town." At least Kinnear was.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The sharp comic timing and the offbeat chemistry of Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Téa Leoni keep "Ghost Town" afloat.
eFilmCritic (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
'No, those glum-looking New Yorkers aren't laid-off investment bankers.'
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Dentist discovers heart and souls thanks to a dead man talking The fun of Ghost Town starts with the title and doesn't end until the final line. In fact, the ending, in its own milder way, is as perfect as "nobody's perfect" in Some Like It Hot.
filmcritic.com Movie Reviews (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
If you want to make money, you go to David Koepp. Three of the 20 films he has written are on the top 25 highest-grossing American box office list and another two show up in the top 100. The man makes hits and, most of the time anyways, they are well-written and focused scripts that attempt to keep exposition to a minimum. These are the traits of a very talented screenwriter... but unfortunately they...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
In any comedy about a guy who can see ghosts, there's always a scene where the guy is talking to a ghost - and the guy has to say something as cover to the people who look at him as if he's crazy.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Dr. Bertram Pincus is not a people person. Nor, it turns out, is he a dead-people person.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
There's nothing otherworldly about the super, natural performances in Ghost Town, led by the distinctively edgy and witty British ...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Ricky Gervais reaffirms his status as a comedic genius with his performance in this cute, sweet romantic comedy.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Rating: 3 1/2 stars (good-excellent) The off-center cast starring Ricky Gervais from 'The Office' makes this supernatural romantic comedy work.
Medium Dreams (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
This week, Ghost Town is coming out in the movie theatres and it sounds like something Medium lovers would enjoy. A man who is decidedly not a people person dies on the table and is revived after a few minutes. To his disgust, he then starts seeing people constantly - dead people. As he says, [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Ghost movies, it seems, are nearly as old as ghosts themselves. But Ghost Town, despite being set in modern-day New York, feels downright ancient.