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I just finally caught this at a lunchtime screening with just me and 2 others, but I can say all 3 of us laughed out loud although at different moments.
At times a typical Ricky Gervais comedy, at others a somewhat sad story of a woman whose husband has died, but really a charming comedy romance such as 4 Weddings but transported to New York.
Very enjoyable with some genuinely sad (tissues please) moments crunching through the jokes leaving a very "real" sense of someone having said the wrong thing.
I liked it a lot and I don't go for supernatural type films.
Tea Leone, who I remember as a far too thin generic young blonde in some sit-com as a photographer/journalist(?) has grown into an amazingly beautiful woman.
Funny how some people become themselves as they grow up.
So all in all a very well observed comedy of the absurdity of life and why dentists put that tampon type things in your mouth... ;-)
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I like Gervais a lot anyway but expected this would be another watery hollywood comedy. Really enjoyed it though with it staying the right side of the sentimentality line. Delighted the character never sold his soul at the end.
I'm predisposed to like Gervais, but I enjoyed this one. It flew under most people's radar, but I hope folks will catch up with it on home video.
Excellent cast too.
I watched this last week and few a days later watched 'Over Her Dead Body', both had the same premise but were polls apart in execution.
A personal grievance I have with such movies, and it is petty but I can't help it, is the inconsistency in how the ghosts interact with their surroundings.
They can't pick up a cup or shake a hand, but they then sit on a sofa and the cushion sags........
I'll get my coat....
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
...real actors, not ghosts.
Not an issue for me.
In light-hearted romps it is of course forgivable as the interaction between the characters and how they bounce off each other is of far more importance than trying to maintain the illusion of one being a ghost.
It is only a minor distraction even then, though anyone who is only a little observant will of course notice when something thrown at the 'ghost' passes right through, as do other live people in the street, yet this attempt to demonstrate how the ghost can have no physical interaction with physical objects is contradicted when the ghost sinks into a sofa to rest her legs; nice legs in Eva Longoria's case.
It wouldn't have cost a fortune to use a 'blue screen' sofa which wouldn't have moved when Eva sat on it, or rather a similar shaped frame which we wouldn't have seen. In fact, I think what annoys me ever so slightly is that 'we' aren't supposed to notice the contradiction, or - Heaven forbid - that the director hasn't been bright enough to consider it himself, which in fact would explain a lot about 'Over Her Dead Body'.
Now I've aired that minor grievance, I'd also like to raise the issue of good guys in films who always look at their gun in disgust when they run out of bullets (how dare it run out of bullets!) and throw it at the bad guy before running away when it could have been used as an effective cosh. This always get's mentioned by any company I have, and another comment is always "why doesn't he take the gun off that guy he's just shot???".
Finally, in films where the bad guy is chasing the good guy or more likely the damsel in distress, there's always a point where the bad guy catches up, grabs hold but after a brief struggle is hit across the head with a blunt instrument or whatever and is stunned, allowing his victim
to escape. Again, without fail, the cry is always "he's unconcious, helpless on the floor, the 'victim' has a weapon but she throws it away and runs off again....."
It's not just me. :0)
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
... otherwise I might have a problem with "ghosts" altogether!!
... the ghost sat at the bar and when the crowd of them sat in the waiting room.
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