Rental Reviews: I’m a dad now, so I don’t get to see too many movies when they first come out. However, with the advent of Redbox and OnDemand, it’s getting easier for me to catch up on the ones I miss.

Here’s another one that I caught from HBO on Demand: Ghost Town. When I first saw the trailers for it, I thought it looked interesting, but not enough to go out and spend any money on. And the truth is, I was right. It may be worth a Redbox $1, but probably not much more.

That’s not to say it wasn’t any good. It was actually, quite entertaining. I’ve always enjoyed Téa Leoni and Greg Kinnear. I knew of Ricky Gervais, but I had never seen him in any sort of performance. The film also features SNL’s Kristen Wiig who is totally a one-note-joke, but she does it so well that you forgive her.

So here’s the deal. An uptight dentist (Gervais) has a surgical mishap and begins seeing ghosts. One of those ghosts (Kinnear) won’t leave him alone unless he helps out on a problem involving the dead guy’s wife. As you can imagine, the dentist falls for the wife and learns many a lesson about being uptight and self-involved. Along the way, a number of ghosts realize that they may have a new-found ally and hilarity ensues.

Rated PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references. The language was the most noticeable and was typically unnecessary, but that’s what you get from Greg Kinnear.

By the way, Alan Ruck, though limited in his time on screen, does an amazing job – as noted in last week’s TV Throwdown!