A surprisingly funny and charming movie, “Ghost Town” tells the story of Bertram Pincus, an unpleasant dentist reminiscent of Ebenezer Scrooge. His attitude toward life: bah, humbug. When he dies briefly on the operating table, he wakes up with the unwanted ability to see ghosts. It doesn’t take long for the ghosts
of the city to find out, and soon Pincus’ private life is constantly (and sometimes rudely) interrupted by spirits with last requests.
Pincus is the opposite of a people-person. He doesn’t care about anyone, living or dead. This is a transformation plot, and we see Pincus slowly warm up to the world around ...