Ghost Town (2008)

Cautiously Recommended
USA
Feature Film
Director: David Koepp
Writers: David Koepp, John Kamps
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy
Composer: Geoff Zanelli
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Bill Campbell, Aasif Mandvi, Kristen Wiig, Michael-Leon Wooley, Dana Ivey

After dying for nearly seven minutes during routine bowel surgery, a curmudgeonly English dentist (an excellent Gervais) begins seeing dead people, who precede to pester him relentlessly for his help in settling their affairs, in this well acted fantasy film, which – as long as it sticks to tickling the funny bone, which it does well – is thoroughly entertaining, but when it attempts to engage other emotions it proves much less effective. Iain.Stott