User Reviews

This show is really funny to me, fun characters, a neet plot, a fun show just to pick up and watch

No fue nada fácil empezar a verla pero después de que terminas de "comprender" a los personajes es cuando empieza a fluir. Considero que la temporada 2 es mejor que la primera pero lo que viene después solo va de mal en peor, la tuve que abandonar!

This show started off great but has slowly deminished. The constant joke of Jay not being able to talk to ghost in the house like Sam isstarting to wear thin andthe story lines for the new episodes is becoming very lack luster and hard to watch.

Had the unfortunate experience of this being on the TV at the laundry mat I was in. I couldn't believe how awful it was. A show targeted for adults that was written for children. The actors even annunciate like they're in a child's cartoon. Needless to say the "plot" of the episodes also play out like a child show. Very shallow, unbelievably surface level characters face and resolve an issue in a timely manner. All the while there's little in the way of comedy although I think the show is technically supposed to be a comedy. Add a bit of modern writing politics and agendas and you have pure modern dribble which no one will remember in five years. Apparently the British version is good so avoid this and give that a try.

Not bad at all, just british show was better... This version is too exaggerated.

I love both the US & UK versions of the show. They each reflect the country's unique history, which I think is a fun twist. It's light-hearted comedic fare, something we could use more of right now.

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Ghosts struggles under the weight of a few things: Although the script is identical to the British version of Ghosts, the editing and performances are a serious cut below. There are a few exceptions: Utkarsh Ambudkar as the second lead is phenomenal and Rebecca Wisocky gives a more grounded and compelling performance as the matriarch ghost than we see in the British version. Outside of that, all of the performances are very broad and fail to sell just about any of the jokes, little thanks to workmanlike editing and direction that serves to deflate every punchline before it even comes. It's possible that the American take on Ghosts will improve with time, but given an overwhelming number of surface-level performances I think it's unlikely that this cast will ever deliver a warm, funny collective performance anywhere near what they're clearly aiming for. Again, except for Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rebecca Wisocky (who manage to improve on the original formula by grounding their performances without losing any of the accessibility or funny), every character is performing as if on stage for children rather than on screen for adults. It feels as though (almost) everyone involved is trying comedy for the first time and really struggling to find their footing. It's not even that the British series caught such a great bolt of lightning in a bottle; the original is a flawed show with substantial room for improvement, but it's carried by a phenomenal cast of comedians who sell all the jokes, good or bad, clever or broad. It's with that in mind that I say this version is a serious step down.

This is a poor re-release of a fantastic British TV show with the same name just a few years old. The first two episodes were practically identical between the two and unfortunately show that the execution is severely lacking in substance. I can't speak how the season will continue, as the Ghosts vary in motivation between the two but the implementation is superficial, campy, more like a sitcom than a comedy show. It's a shame to see it as it doesn't need to exist. The other show is still produced and it's far superior.