Rated PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references.
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USA
Overwiew :Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (T�a Leoni). That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited results.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sean Axmaker
: Gervais underplays the boorishness and the reflexive humor that charms Leoni's gawky but smart professional...
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B-
San Francisco Chronicle - Walter Addiego
: ...both very funny and a bit of a tearjerker...
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B
ReelViews - James Berardinelli
: ...one of those romantic comedies that never quite clicks.
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B-
New York Times - Stephen Holden
: ...a screwball comedy with no big surprises or hidden metaphors.
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B
New York Post - Kyle Smith
: Ricky Gervais is lethally funny...
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A-
Los Angeles Times - Jan Stuart
: ...too many encounters are allowed to sputter out lackadaisically...
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C
Hollywood Reporter - Michael Rechtshaffen
: ...offers up a winning mix of sharp comedy and touching bits that keeps the laughter -- a few tears -- flowing.
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B+
filmcritic.com - Chris Cabin
: ...has a smidgen ass than most contemporary romantic comedies but it is seemingly unaware of its strengths.
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C-
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum
: Kinnear and Leoni, too, are muted.
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B-
E! Online - Skylaire Alfvegren
: ...fails to make use of the dead as proper comedic fodder.
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C-
Chicago Tribune - Matt Pais
: ...on its way to one of the year's sweetest endings the movie uses the lessons of several not-so-nice people to make you feel good about human nature.
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B+
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: ...a lightweight rom-com elevated by its performances.
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B
Boston Globe - Ty Burr
: ...the movie's a surprisingly pleasurable trifle, a formulaic but spry comedy-fantasy that runs into trouble only when it starts taking itself too seriously.
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