The film’s most successful elements are not spiritual but rather sentimental, as this low-key romantic comedy manages to be at once endearing, funny, and, dare I say, even worthy of a few tears.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 4, 2024

[A] mix of low-key warmth and droll humour.

| Oct 4, 2022

David Koepp's 1998 New York City romcom could improve your amorous relationship, even if it's a first date.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 18, 2020

Although it utilizes a fairly run-of-the-mill romantic comedy plot, Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni are undeniably charming.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 28, 2020

If you are the type who actually enjoys watching (or rewatching, for the umpteenth time) old movies like A Christmas Carol and Topper, you will likely heartily enjoy David Koepp's mild-mannered retro comedy...

| Mar 4, 2020

The ending's like The Simpsons' version of a Disneyland parade, with the shouted slogan, "Hurray for Everything!!" And these days, nobody needs that kind of aggravation.

| Oct 31, 2018

Kinnear plays smarmy well enough and the rest of the cast turn in serviceable performances, but it is Gervais and Leoni who take a patchwork quilt of a romance and make it a comedy worth seeing.

| Oct 10, 2018

I like Gervais but now realise there is only so much I can take at the one sitting.

| Aug 23, 2018

Based on the ad campaign, it would be easy to pigeonhole "Ghost Town" as another romantic comedy with a twist, but it's much more and much better than that.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 6, 2018

Gervais does his utmost to imprint his signature on a movie that doesn't really belong to him. His improvised dialogue vaults high above director David Koepp's script.

| Dec 27, 2017

One poor soul is buck naked. I don't even want to know how he kicked the bucket.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2014

| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Dozens of other movies have romped on the same grass. But Gervais spritzes everything in Ghost Town with a delightfully refreshing comic mist.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 28, 2011

Ghost Town is undeniably cosier than The Office or Extras ... but Gervais's dry-as-a-bone delivery and brilliant comic timing prevent things getting too soppy.

| Sep 6, 2011

| Original Score: B- | May 6, 2011

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Yes, there are gags about mummy penises and canine halitosis, but other sublime moments recall Albert Brooks' social-satire heyday. Given the otherworldly elements, David Koepp's "Ghost Town" sweetly hits the heights of Brooks' "Defending Your Life."

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 24, 2010

The pudgy Brit looks right at home here on the big screen, starring in a romantic comedy in which we're asked to believe he might have a chance with Tea Leoni. And you know what? He makes us believe.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 24, 2009

Ghost Town is funny and moves along briskly, fulfilling the two most important qualities of a romantic comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 30, 2009