
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is currently working on a deal. His late wife's illness was very expensive and this deal could bring them out of the red. But he gets into a cab that the maniac driver crashes, and the next thing he realizes is that he's floating around and landing in the lab of a scientist who studies the paranormal. He asks the scientist to send him back so he can finish the deal and make sure his children will be taken care of when he's gone fo... (Full plot summary below)
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Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is currently working on a deal. His late wife's illness was very expensive and this deal could bring them out of the red. But he gets into a cab that the maniac driver crashes, and the next thing he realizes is that he's floating around and landing in the lab of a scientist who studies the paranormal. He asks the scientist to send him back so he can finish the deal and make sure his children will be taken care of when he's gone for good.
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| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfJust 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 leading role in a feature film. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMost of Ghost Dad is a dim-witted embarrassment. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloBill Cosby ghost movie has some iffy humor, profanity. |
| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanThe comedy represents a step up from the inane debacle of Leonard Part 6, but one has to concede that no other direction was possible. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksAll the characters are cardboard cutouts, the sentimental moments between pratfalls are very strained and even the special effects are sometimes gratuitous. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelCandice RussellSolve this show business mystery: How is it that the greatly gifted Bill Cosby, a comedy guru with few peers, makes bad movies? The latest entry on his depressing film resume is Ghost Dad. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlGhost Dad may be the dumbest major-studio movie of this none-too-bright summer. |
| Tulsa WorldDennis KingAs America's foremost TV dad, Heathcliffe Huxtable on The Cosby Show, Cosby is warm, wise and lovable. As Elliott Hopper, the overworked, unattentive dad in Ghost Dad, Cosby is, on the large screen, a mere shadow of his television presence. |
| People MagazineRalph NovakWhy are Cosby and Poitier wasting their time -- and ours -- with this twaddle? |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrOne of the irritations of Ghost is that the Moore character is such a slow study. |