Director and screenwriter David Koepp brings together Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni in the hilarious fantasy comedy, Ghost Town. Gervais plays, Bertram Pincus, a dentist who discovers that he has an annoying ability to communicate with the dead after momentarily dying during a routine dental surgery. Soon the dead want something from him and pester the dentist to act as a go between the living and spirit world. Pincus does his very best to pass on the messages to the intended but he soon finds living with ghosts isn't that easy!
I was apprehensive about seeing this film, because even though I do find Ricky Gervais funny, I thought his cameos in Night at the Museum and Stardust really fell short of his potential as a comedy actor. Even so, Ghost Town - his first lead role in a movie - reinstalled my faith in him as a truly high quality comedy performer.
The film itself is a really refreshing take on modern romance - unlike many other films, Ghost Town detaches itself from staple genres, which I thought was great because it lent itself to a very open-minded story, which is funny, touching and quite poignant.
So if Gervais is the only reason holding you back from watching Ghost Town, I'd definitely recommend giving it a chance - Bertram Pincus is a wonderful character, and although not astoundingly different from past characters such as David Brent, he is very well-realised by Gervais, and I wouldn't hesitate to sit down in front of his new movies.
Also, if it's pace you're after, this probably isn't the film for you, but it's a perfect for a more mellow kind of night in.
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