there have be some funny movie about spirit to come out of hollywood . cary grant be an angel in the bishop wife ( 1947 ) . of course the best be the topper movie in the late 30 early 40 . and and more recently and warren beatty heaven can wait ( 1978 ) and which be a remake of 1941 here come mr. jordan . these be well write and funny and entertaining comedy and all of which center around supernatural creature like ghost and angel . now come writer director jeff lowell and make his feature film debut with a story of an unlikable and bitchy young woman and kate ( eva longoria parker ) and who get kill on her wed day and then come back to harass the fledgling spiritualist and ashley ( lake bell ) who be fall for kate fiancé and henry ( paul rudd ) . one thing that be clear at the outset represent longoria parker be no constance bennett ( marion kerby in the first two topper film ) and who be the standard against whom all female ghost be measure . there be a line right at the beginning when henry sister and chloe ( lindsay sloane ) tell henry and you do not smile . that aptly describe my situation throughout this film . the main problem with the film be that the script just isn not very funny . but it make bad by longoria parker presence that just rub me the wrong way every time she appear on the screen . just to start out with and compound her lack of comedic talent and she be cover with so much pancake makeup and who know what she really look like . kate get kill while set up for her wedding by a fall frozen statue . she so unreasonable that the angel who instruct her about what her afterlife be about walk out on her ( well and she actually just fade out ) and so kate find herself back on earth a a ghost without know what her mission be . chloe want henry to snap out of the funk into which he have naturally descend after kate death ( from what i saw of kate and he should have felt a wonderful relief ) and so she introduce him to ashley and who really doesn not know what she do a a spiritualist ( she be also a cateress to make end meet ) and to see if she can get henry back in touch with kate . there a lot of meshugaas that go on . the vacuity of the film be epitomize by a b story revolve around ashley assistant and dan ( jason biggs ) . this be throw in near the end and but the way ashley handle it indicate that she a much of a boob a kate . since dan be apparently attract to both of these severely flaw woman and he deserve whatever he get . eventually kate appear to ashley and the fun should begin . it doesn not and and more the pity because in other hand this could have be pretty funny . a it be and norman z. mcleod and constance bennett and roland young and alan mowbray and and co. must be turn over in their graf to see this be what their brilliance in the first two topper film have work .