Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad is funny!
Ghost Dad stars Bill Cosby as a workaholic father who is never at home and leaves all of his reponsibilities to his oldest daughter. His oldest daughter begins to resent him when he forgets her birthday. That day also changes Bill's character life forever when a crazed taxi driver picks him up and runs off the bridge causing him to become a ghost. Bill is forced to be at the mercy of his children who help him darken his office at work, so he can be seen. As the movie progresses, Bill's character becomes closer to his children and learns that he needs to make more time for them. This movie has a lot of Bill Cosby's humor, which is really funny at times. One of the funniest scenes is with Bill and a guy in England who calls himself "Ed-ith", instead of "E-dith." Definitely see this movie if you like Bill Cosby.

Too little spirit in a movie about a spirit
Bill Cosby is as fine a comedian as he is an activist, who also made some of the greatest shows on television. Sidney Poitier is a well-respected actor, who broke racial barriers with his stellar performances in the late-60s movies. Together (with Poitier in the director seat), they couldn't make a ghost comedy work. I wonder if this was just bad timing that "Ghost Dad" was released in the same year as when that ironic Patrick Swayze tearjerker came out (a zillion-times better movie, I might add). If this movie had been pushed back a year or so later, it probably would've been well received by the audience, but if that's the case, than the same could be said for "Over Her Dead Body". Alright,...

Love the movie...Some problems with the DVD
First I will start by saying that I love this movie. I was excited to get it on DVD. The thing that left me perplexed was how scenes were deleted from the DVD. I was disappointed by that. They added a few scenes, but I felt the gap when a part I knew well was skipped. I'm not sure what I feel about that.

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