The hosts report Ebert gave 2.5 stars and disliked the ending; the rating denominator is unstated.
They jokingly attribute his reaction to requiring character development and wanting Carl’s backstory.

Willis and a long alleged Sam rejection list precede other reported alternatives.

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Willis reportedly declined playing a dead lead opposite Moore, later regretted it and accepted the film transcribed six cents partly for that reason.
Fifteen further names are read as alleged Sam rejections with an explicit half-ass-research caveat; Paul Hogan/Almost an Angel is asserted confidently. Travolta is rejected as a disastrous fit.
Swayze reportedly won the audition; a garbled Jackie/Jackee Harry identity was reportedly replaced when Whoopi’s schedule opened. The role is misnamed Rita May in the transcript.
Kidman reportedly auditioned but lacked fame; the hosts cannot imagine replacing Moore. Ken Olin allegedly could not leave thirtysomething, opening Carl to Goldwyn.

Effects, cold breath, home-video sales and hip-hop usage are reported.

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The shadow sounds are reportedly slowed reversed babies crying; a Scooby-Doo comparison is a joke.
Swayze reportedly chewed ice to avoid visible breath during cold filming.
March 1991 video/laserdisc release, 646,000 rental videos, 66,000 laserdiscs and 65 million combined rentals/sales are reported, as are 20 ghosts in the film.
Swayze as slang for departing is discussed, with Biggie credited for popularizing it and its meaning extending beyond the movie.

Crime logic, communication and the afterlife rules are challenged.

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Carl’s street robbery for passwords and conspicuous office fraud are mocked; drug use is an inference explicitly never shown. The mob lawyer’s openness and Sam’s obliviousness compound the implausibility.
Willie returning to Molly’s apartment after she saw the killing seems reckless; $80,000 is considered a poor share for the crimes.
Molly should ask many questions about death, exclusivity and moving on; her lack of curiosity is challenged and partly defended as shock.
Sam can shove Willie and move objects but cannot touch Molly; an anger-based training explanation is accepted.
Carl’s hell sentence is questioned because he ordered a robbery rather than a killing; an objection points to greed rather than any benevolent motive. The debate asks about the risk of hell for Sam if he pushes Willie to his death, versus possible immunity while in purgatory, without resolving the rules.
Heaven Can Wait is praised, with James Mason and Buck Henry recalled as authority figures; Defending Your Life supplies a legal-system comparison. Demotion is questioned, and purgatory in New York is contrasted with fewer opportunities for wrongdoing in the woods. The medium’s message that others are waiting is taken to mean his time is limited and a higher authority decides.

Afterlife proof, clothes and Molly’s future are discussed.

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The hell question is explicitly recalled from earlier discussion.
The hosts consider private facts a psychic could relay to prove identity; beliefs and spouses’ imagined reactions remain personal hypotheticals.
Sam’s permanent death outfit is questioned: his Macbeth-theater maroon shirt is compared with the Hawaiian shirt he wears rescuing the suspended statue, which might make the film funnier or more of a romp.
How soon Molly dates again prompts a correction from Sam to Carl as the man who kissed her, then a defense of her confused grief and quick rejection of Carl. Her final goodbye is interpreted as healing and readiness to move on, followed by a hypothetical joke about dating an athlete such as Jeff Hostetler.