March 21, 2009

Ghost Town (2008)

4/5

Ghost Town was more hilarious and more touching than I thought it would be. Now, normally, the second sentence of my review consists of a short, simplified version of the plot, but even that would be giving it too much credit. Just imagine The Sixth Sense with Greg Kinnear as Bruce Willis, Ricky Gervais as Haley Joel Osment, and Téa Leoni as Liv Tyler. And now imagine it written with nonstop jokes delivered flawlessly by Ricky Gervais. Despite the hackneyed storyline, it was still able to surprise quite frequently with emotional moments and side-splitting laughs. There were also a number of quirks and details that I loved seeing, such as the misanthropic health professional and the BlackBerry addict. All in all, an exquisitely fine-tuned comedy with the requisite amount of moving romance to appeal to just about everyone.

IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995039/