Review of Ghostbusters (2016) by Patricia W — 18 Oct 2017

Like the original, Ghostbusters is a supernatural comedy about a group of friends who come together to investigate the increase in paranormal activities in the city. To be fair to Ghostbusters, it isn't an awful film but it isn't a great one either.

There are a lot of jokes and physical comedy that would be entertaining for children but as an adult, a lot of the jokes fell flat and some skits went on a little too long to the point that they became awkward.

Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig have both proven themselves to be excellent comedic actresses but in this film they weren't give great material to work with and didn't live up to the standards that they've set for themselves.

Kate McKinnon was by far the funniest in the film and stole the scene every time she was on screen. The plot is also fairly flimsy and Chris Hemsworth's Kevin was a little superfluous. What was perhaps the biggest mistake was to try and link this new Ghostbusters with the original so much rather than letting it stand on it's own two feet.

There are a lot of Easter eggs, references and some very weak cameos from the original actors from the 1984 Ghostbusters that looked like they really didn't want to be there which left a sour taste to the film.

Overall, this is probably a film that kids will enjoy but for adults, you probably won't want to watch this more than once.