MOVIE REVIEW - Ghost Town

I have a tendency to really like "little movies." I don't know why, maybe it's because that most really good movies start and end with a really good story. And that's Ghost Town. This is a terrific little comedy. Kind of like the "little comedy that could!"

Starring Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni and Ricky Gervais, Ghost Town is a charming little story about the crossing of paths between the tangible world and the hereafter life. Meet Dr. Pincus (Gervias). He is a totally self absorbed, dentist in mid-life crisis, that is about as rude as one can get. He hates people, and about everything that goes along with them. He is a lonely soul that doesn't know it, but wants a better life for himself.

Then there's Frank (Kinnear.) He is another jerk of a man in his 30's, who is married to Gwen, (Leoni.) He is a womanizer and a fraud. He gets hit by a bus, and dies. But as the story dictates, since he left unfinished business behind in this life, he is "ghosted," to try to set things right so he can crossover. After Dr. Pincus almost dies himself in a surgical procedure, the Dr. is visible to those "ghosts" who need his help to solve their dilemmas of unfinished business. It sounds so complicated, but through great story telling, it really is all so simple.

I always think the best comedy's are the ones that have a nice point, a story to tell, and a soul to keep. Ghost Town is brilliantly written, and has all of the above. It's a quirky little piece, that makes you forge what's going on in the real world for a couple of hours, and we need that these days.

GT is a great flick. Ricky Gervias is so perfectly cast in his role, and although he may be an acquired taste, it's hard not to laugh at his fantastic dead pan, stammering speechy humor. Greg Kinnear is always fun, and Tea Leoni is not in enough movies for me. I like her every time out. GT is worth a night out, a dinner too. No problem here on the company you take with you, the more the merrier. Ghost Town is a fun, fun time.

Ghost Town. Don't miss it. Worth every dime and minute you spend on it. It might even be video collection material in 90 days. Long live the little movie!