From All Movie Guide: During one pivotal moment of revelation in David Koepp's Ghost Town, dentist and insufferable prick Bertram Pincus (brilliantly played by Ricky Gervais) gazes at a poster of Albert Einstein with the quote, "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." And, though Pincus cynically dismisses the quote for its inauspicious placement on a novelty poster, it becomes immediately apparent to the viewer watching the film that Ghost Town is, in fact, the feature-length incarnation of one of those inspirational posters that clutter the bargain bins of drugstores everywhere. Sure, it's told with a little more style, a tad more wit, and a genuinely satisfying dash of soul, but at its heart, Ghost Town is a essentially a two-hour filmed version of that very Einstein poster that later prompts the misanthropic Pincus to finally step outside of his comfort zone and realize that the rest of the world doesn't exist simply as an excuse for him to stay locked away in his posh Manhattan apartment ch...

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