Movie review of Ghost Town

My movie review of Ghost Town.

Saw it 6/20/10, but just now getting an chance to formally review it: been busy at work, with a ''Project That Will Not Go Away".

The storyline -- minus any plot twists or spoilers -- is that a grumpy dentist acquires the ability to see and talk to ghosts. A dead guy wants him to intercede to keep his widowed wife from marrying a guy she shouldn’t.

There are minor romantic comedy aspects, and few amusing bits, but nothing hee-larious. The director seems to think that the main character (the dentist) is more amusing than he actually is.

From memory (although it's been two weeks...), I snorted and garumphed a few times, but no actual laughter during the first 80% of the movie.

More specifically, something about the first 80% just didn’t grab me -- the dialog? the pacing? Dunno. The final fifteen minutes or so were the best -- actually fairly good. It would be handy if I could just tell people to only watch the last section -- except that you really **do** need the first 80% of the movie to set things up.


CONCLUSION: Rent the DVD if you can’t find anything else -- and keep your expectations low. Not a **bad** movie -- just bland.


--GG