Director : Paul Feig
Running Time : 116 mins
When Erin Gilbert (Wiig) discovers that her one-time friend and ex-colleague Abby Yates (McCarthy) has republished the book they wrote together on the paranormal, she tries to stop her for fear the book will result in her losing her tenure, but when they witness an actual ghost together, they decide to go into business together to capture the increasing amount of spirits that have begun to manifest in New York City.
This was nowhere close to being as terrible as the trailers made it out to be, it just wasn’t the same kind of humour as the original Ghostbusters and felt more like a Scooby-Doo movie due to the colourful special effects and overall slapstick feel. The plot, though annoyingly flimsy and with a villain a child could have invented, was fine enough, though it would have been nice to actually have a villain of substance instead of a whiner who didn’t have any friends, and who yet has Godlike abilities when he becomes a ghost. The jokes were just hammered home too much; there was a nice visual joke where Hemsworth puts his finger through his glasses to scratch his nose, showing us that there’s no glass there, but this is then spoilt when it is pointed out by the rest of the cast. With the kind of humour that is signposted at every turn, this will appeal to young children unfamiliar with the franchise, but fans of the originals may be saddened by the turn the franchise has taken.
You’ll like this if you liked : The Haunted Mansion
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