|
|
List Price: $29.98Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $9.99 (33%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Now!
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097363493648
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 27, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 107
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Editorial Review:
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 (Téa 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
Stills from Ghost Town (Click for larger image)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Starts Rocky, But Finds Its Heart
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - great movie!
a great movie! very funny! these things do happen. and it is so good to see them in film now... a must see!
Rating: - Gervais Elevates A So-So Script
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Gervais is my new favorite comedic actor
Gervais manages to take the role of Dr. Pincus and give it soul and a sense of humor. Often romantic comedies come across as routinely predictable, but Gervais manages to make his character someone you have empathy for, even as you wonder at how he can be so socially retarded. The actors were superbly cast, and the underlying message in the movie went straight to the heart. My husband and I both greatly enjoyed the humor, and we both got a little misty eyed in parts. I loved Gervais' understated acting. ... Read More
Rating: - Not the same old rom-com
As other reviewers have noted, Ricky Gervais is brilliant in the role of the misanthropic Dr. Pincus. His character gradually becomes more sympathetic, but the journey isn't cloying or sappy. And talk about art imitating life- Tea Leoni, married in real life to self-proclaimed sex addict David Duchovny, portrays the widow of another obnoxious womanizer. She does a great job on-screen as well.
|
|
