Captures the heart of the original, if not the humor
Film Critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies in less time than it takes to say, “boo!” Jason’s reviews are exactly 100 words (not 99, not 101). This is his 100 word review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Premise – When Egon Spengler’s daughter, Callie (Carrie
Coon), inherits the farm her “crazy father” had been living on, she packs up
her two teen children, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (McKenna Grace), and relocates
to Iowa. Soon, the kids discover that their grandpa left all kinds of old ghostbusting
stuff behind on the farm… and it’s a good thing because he wasn’t in Iowa because
he loves corn fields. The film also stars Paul Rudd, as Phoebe’s science
teacher. It was directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air), son of Ivan Reitman,
the director of the first Ghostbusters film.
The 100 Words – This film does a better job of capturing the
heart and camaraderie of the original than all the other Ghostbusters sequels. The
cast is really great, especially the kids, and the film moves at a nice pace.
But, the story is very predictable – following many of the same beats as the original
and rarely presenting anything new – and there’s very little of the humor that
made the first film such a delight. Still, it is nicely family oriented as the teenaged
kids take center stage in the story and it all builds to a worthy finale that
left me smiling.
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