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 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 but kibitz. 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.
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