![]() The one friend Phoebe makes is a supernatural-obsessed kid named Podcast ( Logan Kim). The result is an awkward and unwarranted feeling of reverence.ĭecades later, we’re supposed to believe, people still talk about what happened that summer in Manhattan. This “Ghostbusters” takes the series’ mythology way too seriously, approaching what should be a light, silly comedy as if it were serious science fiction. He tries to establish a feeling of mystery about this place right off the top through low-angle camerawork and misty moonlit nights, with Rob Simonsen’s score working hard to create a sense of wonder. They all schlep to fictional, small-town Summerville to take over Grandpa’s dilapidated farm, but when they get there, they soon realize there’s something strange in the neighborhood.ĭespite his last name and his filmmaking lineage, the director Reitman rips off most here is Steven Spielberg. But 12-year-old daughter Phoebe ( Mckenna Grace) is a misfit science whiz, a gift she apparently inherited from her grandfather, whose identity is revealed to us in the most eye-rolling way. Son Trevor ( Finn Wolfhard) is a sullen teen with a knack for mechanics. The prodigious talents of Carrie Coon, one of the most insightful and exciting actresses working today, go depressingly to waste as Callie, a single mother of two. Reitman, in co-writing the script with Gil Kenan (who directed the 2015 “Poltergeist” re-do), has contrived to send the estranged relatives of one of the original Ghostbusters to middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma. It’s truly bizarre in retrospect to realize that it was a massive radio and MTV hit in 1984.)īut first, we must establish why we are taking this slog down memory lane. (And yes, that catchy theme song is in here, too, playing over the end credits. sang that busting made him feel good, we all knew what he was really talking about. That’s men’s work! Women are allowed to answer the phone at Ghostbusters headquarters, and they can be possessed by an ancient demon from another dimension as long as they still look sexy, but that’s about it. Ghostbusters: Afterlife's post-credits scenes strongly hint that this isn't the end of the road for the Ghostbusters franchise.This is sort of a sequel and sort of a reboot, but it’s definitely an erasure of the 2016 “Ghostbusters” starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, which caused such a stir because it dared to feature women busting ghosts. However, it would seem they aren't just back for a one-off return. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is also jam-packed full of moments designed to please longtime fans, none more than when surviving Ghostbusters Ray Stantz (Dan Akroyd), Peter Venkman, and Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson) show up to help Egon's granddaughter Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and grandson Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) save the day from Gozer. ![]() Related: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Continues The MCU's Paul Rudd/Baskin Robbins Gag Still, what Ghostbusters: Afterlife does right is capture the same playful spirit as the original. The feel of the new movie isn't quite the same, nor should it be, as times have changed, the original Ghostbusters have aged considerably, and a different writer/director is behind the camera in Jason Reitman (the son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman). Yet, after 30-plus years, Ghostbusters: Afterlife has now transported audiences back to the world they knew and loved in 1984's Ghostbusters and 1989's underrated sequel Ghostbusters 2. ![]()
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