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Ghost Town follows a dentist who starts seeing ghosts after a medical procedure. The story is a romantic comedy, but its spirits bring repeated talk of death, affairs, and murder. The guide also flags f-words, sexual jokes, and a passing suicide reference. We put it at around M and up for the ghostly themes and adult banter.
Uplifting themes
Listening, honesty, and opening your life to others win by the finale. Early cruelty is part of the joke Gwen shows compassion in her research work. Bertram improves, but he begins as a poster child for snark You might mention how hospitals handle anesthesia risks, but this is rom-com comfort food
Story (may spoil tone)
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
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Violence Ghosts discuss murder schemes and someone talks about shooting another…
Ghosts discuss murder schemes and someone talks about shooting another person. The guide describes plot threats rather than sustained graphic violence
Language F-word bursts, s-word, and hell fill arguments between Bertram and the…
F-word bursts, s-word, and hell fill arguments between Bertram and the ghosts. Swearing is spiky rather than every line, but adults will notice
Sex / nudity Affair backstory, porn jokes, and a nudity gag with a ghost show up. Ki…
Affair backstory, porn jokes, and a nudity gag with a ghost show up. Kissing and romance drive the second half without long explicit scenes
Drugs / alcohol Wine with dinner and smoking talk sit in social scenes. Use is casual,…
Wine with dinner and smoking talk sit in social scenes. Use is casual, not a addiction plot
Frightening Ghosts pop in for jokes more than jumps, though nightmares and haunting…
Ghosts pop in for jokes more than jumps, though nightmares and haunting language appear. Tone stays light compared with horror films
Self-harm / suicide A one-liner mentions dentist suicide statistics as dark humor. It is no…
A one-liner mentions dentist suicide statistics as dark humor. It is not a character plan on screen
Bullying / discrimination Bertram starts as rude to patients and strangers. Growth is the arc, bu…
Bertram starts as rude to patients and strangers. Growth is the arc, but early meanness is blunt
Gore / death / weapons Dead bodies and guns come up in the mystery. The guide describes mild v…
Dead bodies and guns come up in the mystery. The guide describes mild visual gore
Dangerous behaviour Characters discuss staged shootings and breaking into apartments. The f…
Characters discuss staged shootings and breaking into apartments. The film treats it as farce, but explain legal lines at home
Mental health Isolation and fear of people define Bertram at first. The story resolve…
Isolation and fear of people define Bertram at first. The story resolves romantically, not clinically
Grief / bereavement Widows and ghosts wrestle with unfinished goodbyes. Loss is played for…
Widows and ghosts wrestle with unfinished goodbyes. Loss is played for laughs with sincere notes underneath
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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- How does Bertram change once he has to listen to other people?
- When comedy uses ghosts, how do you talk about real death with kids?
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