BEFORE: Variations on a theme - Ricky Gervais also sees dead people in this film, but it's a comedy...
THE PLOT: When Bertram 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.
AFTER: This one was very enjoyable and quite amusing - Gervais's character is able to see all the ghosts walking around the earth because they have unfinished business. Like Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense" he wants to ignore or avoid them at first, but then realizes that may not be the best solution.
Greg Kinnear plays Frank, a ghost who wants him to break up the engagement of his widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni). But Frank is just one of dozens of ghosts who haunt Bertram, desperate to communicate with their loved ones or resolve the things they didn't get the chance to do. Bertram has to learn to care about their problems over his own and not be a selfish prick. I found this to be very sweet and endearing, with an important message about accomplishing things in one's life - even when Ricky Gervais was being sarcastic and self-deprecating (of course, that's when he's at his funniest)
Co-starring Aasif Mandvi, Alan Ruck (from "Ferris Bueller") and Kristen Wiig -
RATING: 7 out of 10 fillings
SPOOK-O-METER: 1 out of 10 (annoyingly persistent, but not creepy ghosts)
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