Too often it turns out, because when Ghost Town tries to stray into the more dramatic or tender areas of the story it feels somewhat awkward and forced. Indeed, it is no overstatement to call Ghost Town riotously funny- the laughs come big and often. All three (Gervais, Kinnear, and Leoni) get big laughs and are utterly charming. Greg Kinnear and the wonderful Tea Leoni round out the lead characters as Frank and Gwen. Frank needs Bertram to separate Gwen from her new self-righteous do-gooder fiancé, and if Bertram can accomplish this Frank will make all the other ghosts go away. In particular is Frank, the unfaithful husband of Gwen, a woman who lives in Bertram's building. Through this miraculous experience he gains the annoying ability to see ghosts- all of whom want him to finish their business on Earth. In Ghost Town, Gervais plays Bertram Pincus, a socially awkward prick of a dentist who dies for seven minutes while going in for a routine colonoscopy. Yet here he is, delivering an hilarious and heartfelt performance in what one would usually consider the most clichéd of genres: the romantic comedy. Ricky Gervais, the star of the British "The Office" and "Extras", is someone you wouldn't really expect to be on the big screen.
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