Officially, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” has been slimed by critics this morning.
On Rotten Tomatoes, 47 reviews have resulted in a 45% splat. Previews begin tonight.
I’m not surprised. Instead of making a great follow up to “Afterlife,” producers reverted to churning out a new version of the old movies from the 80s.
The trades were so-so in their reviews, but The Guardian wrote: “The time has come for Hollywood to allow the spurious Ghostbusters franchise to join Jurassic World and Aquaman in the bin and think of something new.”
The Daily Beast reviewer Nick Schrager: “It all resembles a lot of cosplaying, although its central failing is foregrounding cacophonous mayhem and middling melodrama over the drollness that defined the first two Ghostbusters movies.”
It sounds like a bust, but the first weekend will be big enough with fans of the original queuing up for some nostalgia. Me? I’ll wait for it to turn up on American Airlines.
