Ghost Town
ā 6.5 Ā· 2008 Ā· 102m Ā· Comedy Ā· Romance Ā· Drama Ā· Fantasy
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!
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