Ghost Town

Starring: Gervais, Ricky and Kinnear, Greg

Product Description

Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni).

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 097363493648
• Release Date: January 2012
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Paramount-Sds
• Director: Koepp, David
• Starring: Gervais, Ricky, Kinnear, Greg
• Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned; Color; Widescreen; NTSC
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

This tear is for you.

This is a great comedy. It is a coming-of-age movie, and the Ghost Rules have changed. I do not want to give a blow-by-blow detail of the story, as that is what you are buying the DVD for, and you need some surprises. Be sure to watch the commentary afterward and then the movie again, armed with the knowledge of what is being portrayed. Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), a recently dispatched philandering husband, still hangs around in the ether. Soon, Bertram Pincus D.D.S. (Ricky Gravis) meets with an untimely “end” of sorts and can see dead people. So, as tradition has it, Frank recruits Bertram to protect Frank’s widow from marrying what seems like an unseemly person. Naturally, the thing goes awry. We cannot help from kibitzing. But we may also learn something in the process. For the technically inclined, I must admit I only say the Blu-ray version, so I cannot comment on different media presentations. The commentary is with David Koll and Ricky Gervais. Aside from the standard three languages, they have added Portuguese subtitles for some reason.