Bill Cosby,
Kimberly Russell,
Denise Nicholas,
Ian Bannen,
Christine Ebersole
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Bill Cosby mugs so uncontrollably that it looks as if he may be the victim of a muscular disorder in the inane and unfunny Ghost Dad. Cosby plays Elliot, a workaholic widower with three children -- Da... read more
Directed by: Sidney Poitier
Release Date: June 29, 1990
DVD Release Date: February 15, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (956)
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April 14, 2011Probably Bill Cosby's best movie since the 70s, and that's not saying much. Anyway, it's a good family film, I saw it when I was a kid. It's good.
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December 11, 2009Great Comedy but easily forgetable. There was something lacking in Billy Cosby`s perfomance and cannt figure out what.
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February 26, 2009Funny stuff but it might be a little out dated. I remember liking it as a kid and thinking it was good times.
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September 23, 2008The last Bill Cosby anything that has any meaning, this movie IS comedic but it doesn't contain any value.
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May 25, 2007Lame family comedy starring Bill Cosby. The title says it all, and anybody with half a brain can fill in the rest of the script without having to bother watching it. So don't.
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February 24, 2009I've seen a lot of 1 star reviews when it first came out. It's not that bad though, there's some fun.
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November 22, 2007I loved this as a kid, but don't think I'd like it much now....fucking Bill Cosby.
Critic Reviews
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
An earnest premise expounded in Cosby comic style, it goes no deeper than a half-hour of pixilated jollity. But it isn't bad for you. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie doesn't exhibit the slightest attempt to be consistent, logical or sensible in anything, and there are scenes so pointless and unmotivated that attentive audiences will ask what they're doin... Full Review
June 28, 2010
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
Just depressing and incompetently assembled, reaching for a madcap mood of paranormal activity that results in one long headache. I now see why Poitier never directed again and Cosby refused another l... Full Review
August 4, 2009
TV Guide's Movie Guide
On the big screen Cosby's heartfelt decency continues to come across as blandness. Full Review
February 2, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
Bill Cosby Sidney Poitier = Crap
August 8, 2002
KJB, IGN Movies
Should have been titled "Cosby's Ghost Film Career". And to think Poitier directed this thing. It's a TV comedy skit gone wrong.
July 29, 2002
James Sanford, James Sanford on Film
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. Full Review
July 29, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Almost makes you forget how funny Bill Cosby can be.
January 1, 2000
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
All the characters are cardboard cutouts, the sentimental moments between pratfalls are very strained and even the special effects are sometimes gratuitous. Full Review
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