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Name: Ghost Dad
Released: 1990-6-30
Cast: Bill Cosby, Denise Nicholas, Kimberly Russell, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole

Ghost Dad

PG
1h 23m
1990

age 10+

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Bill Cosby stars as a man who is caught between here and the hereafter in this warm-hearted family comedy directed by Sidney Poitier. As an overworked widower, Elliot Hopper (Cosby) is on the verge of completing a major business deal when he takes a harrowing taxi ride that ends in the bottom of the river. Now a ghost, he must learn how to be seen and heard so he can take care of his family. Don't miss the out-of-body fun in this hilarious comedy co-starring Denise Nicholas, Kimberly Russell and Ian Bannen.

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Producer:

Terry Nelson

Writer:

Chris Reese, Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson

Cast:

Bill Cosby, Denise Nicholas, Kimberly Russell, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole, Barry Corbin, Salim Grant, Brooke Fontaine, Dakin Matthews, Dana Ashbrook

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

Critics Consensus: A startlingly misconceived effort from director Sidney Poitier and star Bill Cosby, Ghost Dad is a listless, glacially-paced comedy that's alternately schmaltzy and incomprehensible.

Reviews

Fresno Bee

Kathey Clarey

[The screenplay] veers all over the place from slapstick comedy to serious discussions to downright ickiness.

August 5, 2021

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Newhouse News Service

Richard Freedman

Even under the direction of so distinguished and experienced a movie man as Sidney Poitier, Ghost Dad simply doesn't shape up as a really professional entertainment.

As 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.

Cosby mugs away for all he's worth, but good gags are few and far between.

Bill Cosby ghost movie has some iffy humor, profanity.

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 10+

Common Sense Says

Bill Cosby ghost movie has some iffy humor, profanity.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Ghost Dad is a 1990 comedy starring Bill Cosby as a father who, after becoming a ghost after a ludicrous car accident, must learn to put his family ahead of his career. There are some moments of inappropriate behavior -- for instance, after emerging from the car accident seemingly unharmed, a police officer approaches Cosby and urinates on him, because he has now become an invisible ghost. The cab driver who leads Cosby's character to his apparent death behaves like a psychopath, swerving his cab through a series of near-accidents while screaming "Do you worship Satan?" Aside from this, there is occasional profanity ("s--t," "bitch), and a scene where a man and woman hint at having sex while in a bedroom.