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Ghost Town

2008 · 102 min

A gentle, witty comedy about a grumpy man learning to connect, with ghostly gags and a warm heart.

Tagline
He sees dead people... and they annoy him.
Overview
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • grief
  • redemption
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama, fantasy
Directed by
David Koepp
Written by
John Kamps, David Koepp
Starring
Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Billy Campbell, Aasif Mandvi, Dana Ivey, Kristen Wiig, Michael-Leon Wooley
Music
Geoff Zanelli
Cinematography
Fred Murphy
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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