Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
***½
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Paul Rudd, Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver
After one of the legendary Ghostbusters dies alone, his estranged daughter and her two kids inherit his farm in Oklahoma, and learn the reason why the (grand)father left New York City and became a hermit. After two popular but mediocre classics, Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and a forgettable female reboot, my expectations were not high for another ghostbusting movie, but, lo and behold, this is a funny and entertaining science fiction comedy with nicely drawn characters. However, there is no escaping that if you have seen any of the previous three, the script does not offer any surprises. The 1980s cast appeared in different roles in the 2016 movie, but now they get to bring back their original characters.
