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(1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 81% Fresh Page   1   "Playing off each other brilliantly, Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear make their extreme-opposite characters quite believable here."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 3.5/5 "Skillful and subtle, with enough hilarity to match its equally ample heart, Ghost Town is the Fall's sunniest surprise."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C "If there must be another go-around with the guilt-ridden dead trying to correct their errant ways, I'll take Jennifer Love Hewitt. It's shallow, but, then again, so is Ghost Town."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "quickly shifts into standard operating procedure and comedy is swallowed by template"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 4/5 "British comic Ricky Gervais can play assholes the way Yo-Yo Ma can play the cello."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 3/4 "...the movie remains watchable even through the sporadic lulls within the narrative, something that's due almost entirely to Gervais' almost ridiculously entertaining performance."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Isn't bad by any means, but it is so low-key that it's rarely funny and difficult to get excited about."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B "If the film is little more than Gervais' attempt to break out of the "cult following" category and find some mainstream American success, more power to him. He deserves it, and Ghost Town is an auspicious start."   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "I [have] a little crush on Ghost Town and I'll stand by it as one of the best surprises of 2008."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "Some of the moving parts squeak, especially toward the end. But it's still largely a pleasure."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "Koepp strangely captures the cheeky charm and chippy imagination of Ghost Town that could have been deemed just another faceless formulaic fantasy."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B "A comedy that's genuinely funny without being gross, and genuinely warm without becoming maudlin, a winning combination of sour and sweet that's both tasty and satisfying"   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A hilarious comic fantasy about ghosts, misanthropy, and a spiritual take on sneezes."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Ghost Town's unwillingness to escape from a safe orbit keeps the movie trapped in mediocrity."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Ghost Town has plenty of the kind of supernatural hijinks that you'd expect from a plot about the haunting, needy dead, but it also has something to say about how to live."   Redbox   James Rocchi 3/4 "Gervais' rapport with his equally enjoyable co-stars Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni also keeps Ghost Town on solidly funny ground."   Cinema Writer   Jay Antani 7/10 "...it's to Gervais's credit that we wind up hoping the best for his character and cheering him on."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 3.5/5 "There's a lot of familiar ground, brought to new life with the unique comedy styling that Gervais manages."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "...a pre-worn romantic comedy formula enlivened by some spirited performances."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 7/10 "The first half has some very good writing, but the film loses its center and wanders in its second half."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "Maybe Ricky Gervais is a funny guy, but you'd never know it from this charmless excuse for a supernatural romantic comedy, which doesn't have the first clue how to take advantage of his dry, tangential, self-deprecating wit."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "Koepp has no real feel for romantic whimsy."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "It's terrific entertainment all the way around. Do yourself a favor. Go see it."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "The script is over-long and clunky and the visuals are claustrophobic and sit-com-ish. But Gervais and Leoni are so completely charming that they make it work."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "Gervais's steady stream of cutting bon mots and regular bouts of indignant stammering keep Ghost Town more dry and sharp than broad and squishy."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager B "This is a good romantic comedy, and that is a genre that often gets messed up. Here, the old formula comes out just right."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "...an amiable ghost story that uses its stars to good effect."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "A delightful comedy with an edge of romance that is taken down a notch from its utterly drippy ending."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell B- "[Ricky] Gervais underplays the boorishness and the reflexive humor that charms [Tea] Leoni... and their byplay gives the unlikely relationship a ghost of a chance of working."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "This misleadingly titled tale of a dentist who sees dead people attempts to be a supernatural romantic-comedy in the manner of the old TOPPER movies from the '30s."   ESplatter   Steve Biodrowski 8/10 "Because of wryly engaging Ricky Gervais, it's a funny crowd-pleaser that turns sentimental in all the right places."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "The film would rather give us an earned smile than strain fruitlessly for a guffaw, and its humor is much more dialogue- and character-driven than goofy"   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 81% Fresh Page   1