CastRicky Gervais
Téa Leoni
Greg Kinnear
Screenwriters
David Koepp
John Kamps
Director
David Koepp
Running Time
102 minutes
Bertram Pincus is a man whose skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particutarly Frank Herlihy who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited results. (Paramount Pictures/Dreamworks Pictures)
It's good and pretty funny but it falters when the romance element comes in fully. Possibly a hesitancy on the part of the makers or my not buying Gervais' character having those feelings. Also all the ghost stuff is a tired cliche by this point.
