Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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.

  • Released: 2021-11-11
  • Runtime: 124 minutes
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
  • Stars: Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Oliver Cooper, Sydney Mae Diaz, Bokeem Woodbine, Marlon Kazadi, Tracy Letts, Paulina Jewel Alexis, Billy Bryk, Artoun Nazareth, CJ Collard, Bud Klasky, Faith Louissaint, Daniel D'Angelo Sparks, J.K. Simmons, Josh Gad, Bob Gunton, Shawn Seward, Hannah Duke, Chiara Petersen, Danielle Kennedy, Artoun Nazareth, Crystal Roseborough, Dusan Rokvic, Emma Portner, Stella Aykroyd, Kim Faires, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Harold Ramis, Olivia Wilde
  • Director: Jason Reitman
 Comments
  • gabrouffia - 28 May 2024
    An unexpected return to our roots
    This movie is finally worthy of the old Ghostbusters movies after a movie that ruined the Ghostbuster image, the story changes, we find old but also new ghosts. There are big plot twists and the characters' backstories are new and fresh for our times. Even if nostalgia plays a part, we get the same impression as in the first films, and rediscover the story of Ghostbusters from a different angle.

    It's worth your $$, even if you didn't saw the first movies, everything is made to be understand to anyone even if nostalgia hit a lot. The humor is also for any ages and the childs characters are really interesting ones.
  • luismcdbrito - 9 April 2024
    Thrillering irony
    The long waited return of The Ghostbusters.

    This one is even difficult to start: Too many clichés transform a promissing comedy into a goofiness irony, with the transportation of the past to exaust the present.

    There is an attempt to make it an adventure: we even have a treasure map, american kids going up the hills to do kids stuff, kids telling stories that resemble adventures, a grown up that through excess excitement looks like an adventurer... then everything excapes into an exageration that leads to excess of thrill, the adventure was lost.

    There is no charisma on this characters, no iconic soundtrack. Instead we have special effects. No update on technological advancents wich make the Sci-fi weard.

    Conclusion: barely entertaining to the ones who lived the original; saved in the last scene with the old fashioned humor back.

    It was directed to the new generation that didn't saw the origin of this legend.

    A fail. A slapstick.
  • gehards - 1 April 2024
    Much better than 2016
    Not having watched frozen empire, Ghostbusters Afterlife is the best modern installment and might be my favourite in the franchise. I'm a die hard fan but being as young as I am, I have no nostalgia for the original two movies in the series. Sure the original is classic and the greatest but I think this takes the 80's Ghostbusters flicks and adds a bit of stranger things (I dont mean Finn Wolfhard) and goonies. I really enjoyed this keeping the cheesy, fun and vibrant comedy and adding darkness and creeps. Its unique and original (Couldve added slimer into the mix) the original cast is the best but I enjoy this twist. Not to mention great VFX. As I said it trumps the 2016 reboot (Which is diverse but mediocre) and bursts with spice and a decent amount of originality (A bit of an 80' s clone though). I really love how the plot and dark comedy came together. Great movie!
  • vegeta-oh - 27 December 2022
    I was pleasantly surprised
    I was a big fan of the originals as most 80s kids, then they did that new one with the new team and that was really bad (I wasn't against the girl team, I think all the actresses are really funny, but the script and dialogues in that movie were horrible).

    I wasn't going to watch this one because the last one left a very bad taste in my mouth, but I'm on holiday and had nothing to watch, HBO recommended it so I hit play.

    From the get go the kids and the mom are OK, they have their funny moments and lines, so I was sold on the main cast.

    The script is a mix, the first half is great, then it tries to hit all the nostalgia spots really fast, some are earned, some fall flat (we didn't need the mini marshmallow things, I'm sure they wanted to sell toys or something).

    The kids also just know stuff sometimes, they figure out very complicated equipment in seconds and jump into conclusions like they watched the movie before.

    I mean, it's still OK, the movie didn't need to be super smart or anything, but they could give that a little time to breathe, it feels like they wanted to reach the final set piece really fast so they had to jump over some character development in the way.

    I enjoyed the movie for what it was, it's an honest and heartfelt sequel to the originals. It's a bit clumsy sometimes, but it never completely derails.

    Watch it if you're a fan of the originals and on the fence.
  • bbjzilla - 27 November 2022
    Ghostbusted.
    So you're a parent and you want to bond with your child; you can enjoy playing a game together or having a heart to heart. Take a long walk or solve a puzzle. In short; if your parenting is dysfunctional, find something that matters to to your child and make it matter to you.

    No. Be lazy and take the couch potato option. What to do is subject them to a ruthless assault of their endocrine system as you brainwash them with an £85 million dollar light show about a movie you liked when you were 5. Don't let up until you've watched their salty tears roll down their face as your chosen surrogate ghost granddad (played by Bob Gunton) says all the things you never will without even saying a word. Now THAT is acting. Their hormones will thank you like you're a god. You though ecto-1 was cool. Now you were right.

    And so is Ghostbusters afterlife; I liked it! I really did. But here's the problem; it's essentially just Ghostbusters done again and in some places word-for-word. Even the same jokes. It doubles down, triple downs and keeps on downing the downs on the nostalgia so that there is not another part of the original movie left to exploit. Ultimately you are watching a simulacrum of the original film with some child actors and the real thing occupying the same space. None of the actors have anything to do except show up, along with the special effects which look like things haven't really changed since 1984. The only exception being McKenna Grace who delivers the movies only performance and cruelly overlooked on awards because you don't get Oscars for comedy.

    I liked it; it's cheesy and fun and impossible to hate but again I'm completely aware it's a cynical exploitation of nostalgia and it's cloying sentimentality of a nonexistent past make it hypocritical. It's fairy tales and fantasy. The dedication before the film has ended to Harold Ramis is too much; he never wanted to make another and he and Bill Murray never spoke for 25 years before his death due to his onset behaviour. The fact it's directed by Jason Reitman may again be a cynical sentimental overdose as nepotism in the workplace may be a form of discrimination, or at the very least a conflict of interest. Keep it the family indeed.

    I liked it I really did. Or was I just beaten into submission by manipulation par excellence, successfully brainwashed by an electronic babysitter? Radicalised into accepting people are good and everything works out in the end? As long as I know the difference between movies and real life I'll be ok. There is a difference right?
  • kelvinselimor - 12 November 2022
    Great return.
    Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Great return. Young Jason Reitman decided to continue his father's work and bring back the hunters who have long been gathering dust on the shelf, but everyone loved them just as much as they did almost 40 years ago. The plot third part of Ghostbusters turned out to be a very soft restart, to remind old viewers who the Hunters from New York were, and to bring young viewers up to date with what is happening here. Unfortunately, there is little drive in this film and there is practically no such ghost hunting, but there is a lot of pleasant nostalgia. The new characters fit perfectly into this franchise and there are all hints that there will be a next part.
  • ikari1 - 2 October 2022
    Almost 40 years after the original one, this is a beautiful sequel!
    Sequels based on nostalgia are usually flops. Not his one! This is a success and one with a soul as well!

    What I would like to add though, is that obviously people who have watched the originals and liked them, are going to find this one great.

    For almost everyone else this is a fun family movie, with just a tiny bit of that secret sauce from the 80s.

    Reading through critics reviews, once again I see why professional art reviewers are more than often failed artists. There are a lot of them who call this a shallow nostalgia money grab. This couldn't be farther from the truth.

    The characters are likable, the script is a typical ghostbusters one, the mix of cgi and practical effects was a nice touch. Everything works.

    It is a new movie, a new cast, new premise that builds on the prequels, and just the right amount of trip down the memory lane, to lift it up.

    Beautiful and touching! Bravo to Jason Reitman, he did this justice!