Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

invisibleunicornninja I don't have much to say about this movie. Its funny. The characters are entertaining. The concept and execution is good. This is an enjoyable, creative movie. Its a bit long. There are more boring scenes than entertaining scenes. I wouldn't really recommend it but if you want to watch it, then watch it.

piercejeans I just could not help when watching this movie this gnawing feeling deep inside that something was terribly wrong. Halfway through, Mel Gibson and Jerry Seinfeld came to mind. That is... Mel Gibson as Frank and Jerry Seinfeld as Pincus. THAT would have been a truly funny, well executed movie. Think "What Women Want" with Mel Gibson. And for Gwen's part... how bout Drew Barrymore? Okay, the fees for these people would have been high...but well worth it.I watched the movie through the lens of these new cast members injected into the rather blase renditions caused either by inept direction or just a bad read by Gervais, Leoni, and Kinnear. I wanted to fall asleep at times. Then when hearing instead through my mind's eyes and ears Seinfeld, Gibson, and Barrymore... the script is ingeniously hysterical and funny... and should have been. Chalk it up to lack of knowledge of young directors and producers. Ah Hollywood... if you could only get it right. I cry for the writers whose funny wordsmiths get crushed by lazy direction and acting. Altogether though... a very engaging script... if executed poorly, at best. They called this one in... but try to watch it like you are reading a book. That is, ignore the acting and direction, and see it done right by masters of comedy and Spielberg worthy direction.

Raul Faust Well, I took around a year to finally watch this film, since the synopsis never really engaged me; more precisely, last week I gave it a chance and saw it in a rainy afternoon. "Ghost Town" is a movie that takes long time to develop something; the first hour of length is simply full of uninteresting conversations that lead almost nowhere. Pincus, the main character, is a grumpy dentist whose life is almost a complete loss, until he, unintentionally, or maybe even against his will, acquires the ability of seeing dead people-- no, we're not talking about Shyamalan's classic. From that point on, Pincus gets in some unpleasant situations, mainly created by Frank, the deceased husband of a beautiful girl named Gwen. After falling in love with her, his life never feels the same; not that he stops being an unsympathetic person, but he finds something interesting to do about his life. There isn't much else that I can say about it, due that "Ghost Town" wasn't any remarkable to me. In my opinion, the story is just too weak to develop much feelings in the spectator, but it's at least fresh and has a beautiful ending. See it yourself (or don't).

punishmentpark A ghost story and a love story, ánd a better thyself story. There are plenty of both of those, and I'm usually not up for them, but with this combination, and with this cast (particularly Gervais, but also Leoni and Kinnear) and David Koepp as director and writer I couldn't resist. Even this third viewing was well worth my time. Of course, you could really dig into the story's details and try to take apart every little thing about it (for instance, why doesn't he sue the hospital? He would have a fair chance if they'd made him sign a waver when he was still pretty much under narcosis), but it is simply beyond the point of the film.I simply like this one, and here is why: the chemistry between the actors is excellent, the story has plenty of twists and turns and it is more than adequately filmed. Sure, things get quite sentimental at times, easy romantic comedy lurks in many corners, and near the end things go a little too smoothly, but still, this one definitely has its charms. In fact, it reminded me somewhat of those grand old comedies from Billy Wilder, harboring a certain amount of innocence and playfulness which is rather hard to find these days. And finally, Gervais and the script bring plenty of sharpness and darkness to it.A good 7 out of 10.