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!
Directed by David Koepp
dying and death
adultery
new york city
egypt
life and death
winter
widow
bus
museum
surgeon
anti-social
lawyer
hospital
spirit
patient
doorman
dentist
exhibition
dead man
lecture
great dane
anthropologist
talking to the dead
manhattan, new york city
death of husband
dramedy
mummified bodies
unresolved issues
bar
unlikely romance
misanthrope
self-centered
human rights lawyer
Rank
#171 in 2008·#7458 overall
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3.0 / 5
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Cast
Ricky Gervais
Dr. Bertram Pincus
Greg Kinnear
Frank Herlihy
Téa Leoni
Gwen Herlihy
Billy Campbell
Richard
Aasif Mandvi
Dr. Jahangir Prashar
Dana Ivey
Marjorie Pickthall
Kristen Wiig
Surgeon
Michael-Leon Wooley
Hospital Lawyer
Alan Ruck
Ghost Dad
Jordan Carlos
Young Husband
DeQuina Moore
Young Wife
Brian Hutchison
Accident Bystander #2
Crew
David Koepp
Director
John Kamps
Screenplay
David Koepp
Screenplay
Geoff Zanelli
Original Music Composer
Gary Barber
Executive Producer
Roger Birnbaum
Executive Producer
Gavin Polone
Producer
John Papsidera
Casting
Patricia McCorkle
Casting
Nicholas Lundy
Art Direction
Jill Brown
Stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
219 reviews
aya
10.0★ · 05/05/26
god i love romcoms
god i love romcoms
Bazar
5.0★ · 05/03/26
the heart of the movie being done in a less than 2 minute montage… honestly shouldve been about helping the ghosts and less of a romance
the heart of the movie being done in a less than 2 minute montage… honestly shouldve been about helping the ghosts and less of a romance
