After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Thirty years on, bustin' still makes us feel good. In fact, few movies have the power to make us feel good-er.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Essentially a $30 million version of Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy but not at all a bad time, thanks mainly to Bill Murray's incredibly dry line readings and director Ivan Reitman's maintenance of a moderately coherent tone and plotline.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
30 May 2007
rotten:
Only intermittently impressive.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
30 May 2007
fresh:
Whoever thought of having evil's final manifestation take the form of a 100-ft. marshmallow deserves the rational mind's eternal gratitude.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
5 Oct 2008
fresh:
On balance, Ghostbusters is a hoot. It's Murray's picture, and in a triumph of mind over matter, he blows away the film's boring special effects with his one-liners.