Ghost Town

I first saw a trailer for Ghost Town on television quite some time ago. I remember thinking the movie actually looked alright and at the same time promised myself I would catch said movie at the earliest appropriate time. That time happened to be last night, some months after I first saw the trailer on television for said film.

Starring Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni and Greg Kinnear, Ghost Town is a mix of dark comedy and (somewhat out of place it would seem for Ricky Gervais) romantic comedy. It tells the tale of British dentist and all round “prick” Dr. Bertram Pincus (Gervais), a man who hates everything, including people. Dr. Pincus pays a visit to his local hospital for a routine colonoscopy only to find during the operation he actually died for 7 minutes and has been left with the extraordinary ability to see dead people <insert random Sixth Sense gag here>. Read more »