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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

Jason Reitman

Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Logan Kim, Carrie Coon ...

6.1

12,069

Fantasy. Comedy When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. Sequel to "Ghostbusters 2".

	Media	Author	Review
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"To be known as the second best “Ghostbusters” movie was never a badge of honor. Until now (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Rosie Knight IGN	"Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan have crafted a cheeky, witty, well-paced, and heartfelt script that constantly delights (...) Get ready to fall in love with the Ghostbusters all over again."
		Christian Holub Entertainment Weekly	"A gloomy nostalgia trip through the ruins of American culture (...) it's hard to escape the overall sensation of, well, a corpse being exhumed."
		Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"As franchise update, origin story, coming-of-age movie, comedy and indulgent f/x extravaganza, the feature, written by the director and Gil Kenan, hits all its marks."
		Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"If you’ve always wanted a Ghostbusters with maximum reverence and minimum comedy, this one’s for you! (...) Ivan Reitman’s son has turned Ghostbusters into Super 8. Only Super 8 had vastly funnier dialogue."
		Olly Richards Empire	"It’s not quite the same as the Ghostbusters we know, but it entirely feels like Ghostbusters (...) Jason Reitman’s film firmly establishes its own new generation (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"For the first hour or so, “Afterlife” solidly toes the line between old and new as Reitman delivers some great moments (...) However (...) No aspect is safe from the nostalgia overload (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"A nostalgia object, drained of personality and fitted into a dully palatable mold, custom-made for a fandom that worships everything and respects nothing (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		William Bibbiani The Wrap	"It’s still “Ghostbusters” but it’s a slightly different flavor, with the potential for more surprises as the film continues. (...) fans of the original will probably be satisfied"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Shamelessly catering to fans of the original film, while giving them nothing new, its story and humor are also inexplicably calibrated for a much younger demographic (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	2It’s designed to work for those who’ve never seen any of the franchise’s earlier incarnations (...) the film adopts an unmistakably Amblin-esque vibe"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"A movie that knows exactly what its audience wants and dishes it out in big ectoplasmic dollops, 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' manages to be full of surprises and completely unsurprising all at once (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"A craven exercise in hollow nostalgia (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Martin Screen Anarchy	"Clever and amusing, [it] often feels more like an independent production than a typical mainstream Hollywood affair, though the special visual effects reflect the undoubtedly bigger budget. The true star is Mckenna Grace"
		Courtney Howard IndieWire	"A fairly creative and mildly entertaining product. "
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"More successful as a touching tribute than an original path forward (...) The cast gives it their all and engenders themselves well, and Reitman's love for this franchise is nothing if not authentic (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Austen Goslin Polygon	"There’s plenty of ghostly nostalgia, but the new generation keeps the movie alive"
		Jake Cole Slant	"Though flattering through and through, the film is ironically removed from the charms of the worshipped original (...) By turning artists into objects, studios further divorce art from those who make it (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"Inoffensive family-friendly entertainment, but it doesn't have any soul, charm, or good drama to justify its existence (...) [This film] is so occupied with its action that it forgoes all of the fun (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Ethan Anderton SlashFilm	"I still found all of the problems surrounding the finale, both in narrative and execution, simply too large to ignore, and it unfortunately taints the rest of the film for me"
		Ethan Vestby The Film Stage	"It's hard not to see the film as one of the worst results of our infantilized culture"
		Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"A curious mix of contradictions, sentimental in its longing worship for 'Ghostbusters' and yet cynical and manipulative in the way it seems to rehash every classic moment of the original, insulting the audience's intelligence"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"When [it] doubles down on the nostalgia, what should be a triumphant moment comes across as predictable, underwhelming and in one particular instance, more ghoulish and weird than emotionally impactful (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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