Movie review: 'Ghost Town' isn't as funny as star Ricky Gervais deserves

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ricky Gervais has long been one of the funniest British comedians, along with Steve Coogan and the two guys from "The Mighty Boosh" (a Brit comedy series: find it, watch, laugh, repeat). I was sitting in a dark theater a few weeks back getting ready to watch some sort of cinematic drivel starring Vin Diesel and imagine my surprise seeing a trailer for a little movie starring that guy from "Extras" in a movie about a guy who can see dead people.

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