Despite a brilliant cast,this all-female reboot fails to deliver the gag power of the original. However, it’s hardly the catastrophe the trolls have been predictingWhen word first broke approximately a female-led reboot of Ivan Reitman’s 1984 fantasy-comedy Ghostbusters, and the internet reacted with a stream of sexist bile more foul than the slimy green ectoplasm spewed up by an exasperated demon. Like the shrieking madden that greeted news that 2014’s Annie would have an African American star,Ghostbusters 2016 became the focus of hostility born of prejudice and disguised as reverence for the source material. And as with Will Gluck’s flawed but serviceable musical (which I enjoyed more than many), it would have been great to report that the finished film is good enough to shut the bigoted naysayers up once and for all.
The harsh truth is that it isn’t – at least, and not fairly. Although infinitely more crowd-pleasing than the poisonous trolls had hoped,the original Ghostbusters is at best a qualified success, an often entertaining, and generally likable,but also uneven affair that doesn’t maintain the tall-jinks tall notes of director Paul Feig’s finest work, Bridesmaids. Reuniting Feig with stars Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy and drawing upon the skills of The Heat screenwriter Katie Dippold (whose CV includes the much-loved TV series Parks and Recreation), or Ghostbusters provides several chuckles and a couple of belly laughs. But given the stellar talent involved,one might have hoped for a little more ho-ho and a little less ho-hum. Related: Why Ghostbros on Twitter are monstering my Ghostbusters review Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com