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52 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyThe original Ghostbusters will always be a classic that means something special to me. The good news is, there’s a whole new generation that’s about to feel that way about this one. And more power to them.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIt turns out it’s okay to cross streams: Here’s a summer movie starring a girl squad proud of its big brains and tacky jumpsuits. You could call that a supernatural event in itself.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThis Ghostbusters doesn’t lazily insert the actresses into the original characters’ roles, instead taking the time to come up with new dynamics — and far more pathos — for this quartet.
- 70TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleThe getting-to-know-them is the best part of this Ghostbusters: these women are a true democratic caucus of funny. That leaves the aforementioned bloat — CGI bigness and the current vogue for drawn-out showdowns — the only nagging glitch, although it’s all slickly rendered by the visual effects team.
- 67The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupWhile it doesn’t quite reach the height of laughter or thrills of Feig’s best work, Ghostbusters has a persistent dose of rollicking, scrappy fun that the ideal summer blockbuster should contain — all the way past the last credits.
- 60ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerWarts and all, the new Ghostbusters is still one of the best tentpoles of the summer (admittedly, that’s not saying much). It doesn’t tarnish the legacy of the original movie, and its own legacy might have been even stronger if it hadn’t worried about paying homage to the old Ghostbusters quite so intensely.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWhile both funnier and scarier than Ivan Reitman’s 1984 original, this otherwise over-familiar remake from “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig doesn’t do nearly enough to innovate on what has come before.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyIt's all busy-ness, noise and chaos, with zero thrills and very little sustainable comic buoyancy.
- 40Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonThere is an easy camaraderie and chemistry among the central quartet, a harmony that continues when Chris Hemsworth, charmingly stupid, enters as the phantom-vanquishing squad's receptionist. Yet the main performers rarely get to display their individual idiosyncratic strengths.