Directed by:
David KoeppCinematography:
Fred MurphyComposer:
Geoff ZanelliCast:
Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Kristen Wiig, Alan Ruck, Billy Campbell, Aasif Mandvi, Aaron Tveit, Danai Gurira, Megan Byrne, Betty Gilpin, Monte Bezell (more)VOD (1)
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Misanthropic dentist Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) can't believe his eyes when, after being revived from an operation where he died for seven minutes, he begins seeing ghosts everywhere he looks. Annoyed with this added inconvenience, Bertram finally agrees to help when the dearly departed start asking him to pass on messages to their nearest and dearest. But when Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) badgers him into stopping the wedding of his recent widow Gwen (Tea Leoni), Bertram soon finds himself becoming romantically involved, adding another (spiritual) dimension. (Paramount Pictures AU)
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A strange comedy. Far from being bad or not very entertaining, it is simply "different". It is full of really dry humor, funny (and often very strange at the same time, which is very closely related this time) dialogues and based on a classic scheme, which screenwriter/director David Koepp tried to make as interesting as possible with a ghost plot. And it worked, thanks mainly to Ricky Gervais, whose casting was a real win. Pitted against another US romance by another British comedian - Simon Pegg and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People - it's 1 : 1. Both gentlemen handled the romances in their own way (one is grumpy and cynical, the other very entertaining) and both ended up with four stars.
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I'm giving the film four stars, although it isn't anything special. It’s just such a feel-good film. The filmmakers didn’t manage to avoid pathos, but I forgave them this time because the hospital scenes with the lawyer were perfect.
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