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Ghost Dad

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Ghost Dad (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 0  Rotten:13 Average Rating: 1.6/10
Runtime: 84 mins
Synopsis:
Elliot has a high-powered corporate job and a house full of kids to manage all on his own. So when he's caught in a fatal taxi fender-bender it's more than just a travesty -- it's a terrible inconvenience. Death will have to wait until Elliot gets his house, his career and his love-life in order.... [More]
Elliot has a high-powered corporate job and a house full of kids to manage all on his own. So when he's caught in a fatal taxi fender-bender it's more than just a travesty -- it's a terrible inconvenience. Death will have to wait until Elliot gets his house, his career and his love-life in order. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Bill Cosby, Salim Grant, Brooke Fontaine, Kimberly Russell, Ian Bannen

Director: Sidney Poitier

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 1, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

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Bill Cosby Sidney Poitier = Crap

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03/24/05 07:01 PM
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10/01/03 08:02 PM
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Vincent Canby
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01/21/03 09:20 PM
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10/31/02 03:42 PM
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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Should have been titled "Cosby's Ghost Film Career". And to think Poitier directed this thing. It's a TV comedy skit gone wrong.

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08/08/02 10:20 PM
KJB
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08/07/02 11:43 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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dismal... There's more preachiness here than in a hundred 'ABC Afterschool Specials,' and the special effects wouldn't pass muster on a local kiddie show.

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07/29/02 06:13 PM
James Sanford
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Almost makes you forget how funny Bill Cosby can be.

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07/29/02 02:13 PM
Scott Weinberg
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