Ghost Town
Unlike its spiritual sibling, The Invention of Lying, Ghost Town just skims the surface of its fantastical premise in service of a by-the-numbers romcom plot that struggles to hold your attention. Gervais does what he does best and elicits a few laughs from his standard "annoyed at day-to-day drudgery" shtick, but even that seems pushed to the side rather than front and center. Everything is just so milquetoast for a movie about the afterlife, especially one arriving over a decade after Ghost—a film that pulled off the romance angle with so much more gusto. If any aspect of the humor were just a bit more over-the-top, it might have worked, but as it stands, Ghost Town earns its spot haunting the rarely visited corners of the Pluto TV library.
Mini Review: Unlike its spiritual sibling, The Invention of Lying, Ghost Town just skims the surface of its fantastical premise in service of a by-the-numbers romcom plot that struggles to hold your attention. Gervais does what he does best and elicits a few laughs from his standard "annoyed at day-to-day drudgery" shtick, but even that seems pushed to the side rather than front and center. Everything is just so milquetoast for a movie about the afterlife, especially one arriving over a decade after Ghost...
