The read
Scores higher than 86% of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic72/100
1,104 audience votes
Key crew
- John KampsScreenplay
- Geoff ZanelliOriginal Music Composer
- David KoeppDirector
- David KoeppScreenplay
Cast
- Ricky GervaisDr. Bertram Pincus
- Greg KinnearFrank Herlihy
- Téa LeoniGwen Herlihy
- Billy CampbellRichard
- Aasif MandviDr. Jahangir Prashar
- Dana IveyMarjorie Pickthall
- Kristen WiigSurgeon
- Michael-Leon WooleyHospital Lawyer
- Alan RuckGhost Dad
- Jordan CarlosYoung Husband
- DeQuina MooreYoung Wife
- Joseph Badalucco Jr.Accident Bystander #1
