MOVED BY THE SPIRIT 'JUST LIKE HEAVEN' TRIES TO AVOID ROMANTIC COMEDY PURGATORY.(U)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: September 16, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer

Seen a good romantic comedy lately?

We haven't either. But the folks responsible for ``Just Like Heaven,'' in which a spirit played by Reese Witherspoon haunts, and then enchants, the depressed slob (Mark Ruffalo) who moves into her apartment, believe that they have the remedy for that.

``Well, it's actually funny and romantic, unlike many romantic comedies these days,'' cracks Ruffalo, who's been in his share of lame love comedies (``View From the Top'') and comedy-fantasies (``13 Going on 30'').

``Romantic comedy has really ...

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