“Ghost Town” feels like a cross between “As Good As It Gets” and “Just Like Heaven.” Although it isn’t on the same level as the former, it’s a good romantic comedy that leaves one happy at the end of the film, even if it’s filled with rampant clichés.

British comedian Ricky Gervais stars as dentist Bertram Pincus, a man that is unsocial in the utmost sense. Going in for a routine colonoscopy, he has a bad reaction to the antethisa and dies for seven minutes. This phenomenon causes him to see ghosts all over town.

Ghosts don’t leave because they have unfinished business with the living. The head of this pack is Frank (Greg Kinnear, who can do this role in his sleep). He wants Pincus to end the relationship of his widow Gwen (the sweet and funny Tea Leoni) and a Human Rights lawyer. Pincus somehow manages to fall in love with Gwen during the process and it leads to more complications. But like all standard romantic comedies, we have a sense of where the story is going.

The comedy throughout is consistently funny. It isn’t side-splitting like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” or “Tropic Thunder” but you can’t help but have a smile on your face. The best moments are the bickering between Pincus and Frank. They feed off each other so well.

The romance part of the film can be hit or miss with certain audiences. For the most part it works because Leoni and Gervais make a commitment for it to work. Like stated before, if one doesn’t mind clichés this would be common ground. The idea of a man so unpleasant in the beginning and who transforms to having a heart in the end works because it fuels off the interest Gwen has for Pincus.

It’s awkward to see a film of this stature come out in September rather than February. But if you don’t want to see those three-hour dramas and see veteran actors have fun, “Ghost Town” is a good change of pace.