![]() ![]() And, for them, the busting of ghosts is a sacred task passed on by their wise and saintly forebears. The new film, which largely ignores the existence of the 1989 sequel, focuses on the next generation, played by Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard. ![]() It was the film that opened the door to the likes of The Jerk, Trading Places, and Caddyshack.īut from watching this latest instalment, the fourth in the franchise, you’d think Ghostbusters opened with the title card: “Sing, O muse!”. It had the loose, anarchic humour of early Saturday Night Live, was only ever serious about the lingo of parapsychology, and was just about family-friendly enough to serve as an entry point for comedy fans. Growing up, I understood the 1984 film to be a scrappy though wildly successful comedy about a pack of down-on-their-luck dorks incidentally proving the existence of the astral plane and getting blow jobs from ghosts. Ghostbusters: Afterlife has made me question what people even liked about the original. Starring: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd. ![]() It was directed by Jason Reitman, son of the director of the first two Ghostbusters movies, the late Ivan Reitman.Dir: Jason Reitman. Beyond the returning cast, Afterlife has another connection to the original movies. ![]() Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts are among the actors that reprise their roles from the first two Ghostbusters. Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor and Bokeem Woodbine play new characters introduced in Afterlife. Ant-Man's Paul Rudd plays Phoebe's summer school teacher Gary Grooberson. Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace play her children, Trevor and Phoebe. That doesn't mean the original team is given short shrift, however.Īfterlife stars Carrie Coon as the mother, Callie. Afterlife introduces a new, young generation of Ghostbusters. They also get mixed up in the supernatural activity taking place in the town. There, they discover both their connection to the Ghostbusters legacy. Taking place 32 years after Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows a single mother and her children's move to a small town. ![]()
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