“He see’s dead people… and they annoy him.” God, are we the only ones on the planet that don’t really find Ricky Gervais’ shtick funny? We probably are. Here’s another thing, the American version of “The Office” is better. Take that.
OK, so Ricky Gervais, a ghey-ass ghost buddy premise with… Greg Kinnear the blandest milquetoast everyman character on earth this side of unfunnyman Dane Cook? Oh and Tea Leoni! God, who cast this thing, Ricky Lake?
Who in god’s name are they trying to market this film to, your mom? Ricky Gervais is for your mom. There we said it. Best of luck with this one. It’s probably September’s version of “Run Fatboy Run,” i.e. a film that’s a total failure with a Brit in the lead (them film’s just don’t translate so well).
Now the only thing we can add is: what’s going to be worse, this or “How To Lose Friends And Alienate People” with Simon Pegg (a dreadful-looking adaptation of an amazing book)?
Can we get that three minutes back now?