I suppose you can't blame the star of one of TV's most popular series for attempting to conquer the movies -- yet again. What's perplexing is that Cosby keeps choosing vehicles that seem designed to sabotage the conquest.
Ghost Dad
He's been walking through doors. He's been falling through floors. He's been going through a lot lately, but he's still Dad.
1990 · 1h 24m · PG
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Sidney Poitier
Overview
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
Director and cast
- Sidney Poitier Director
- Bill Cosby as Elliot Hopper
- Kimberly Russell as Diane Hopper
- Denise Nicholas as Joan
- Ian Bannen as Sir Edith Moser
- Salim Grant as Daniel Hopper
- Christine Ebersole as Carol
- Barry Corbin as Mr. Emery Collins
- Raynor Scheine as Cutris Burch
- Omar Gooding as Stuart
- Dana Ashbrook as Tony Ricker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Ghost Dad may be the dumbest major-studio movie of this none-too-bright summer.
The comedy represents a step up from the inane debacle of Leonard Part 6, but one has to concede that no other direction was possible.
When a picture's biggest selling point is that it's risque by kiddie standards, that doesn't say much for its overall quality.
Poitier's rhythms are so sluggish that the film's finale seems to have been optically speeded up in a last-ditch attempt to give the picture some dash and energy.
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