2016 · action · fantasy · comedy
Ghostbusters
Directed by Paul Feig1h 57m2016
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Our read: Ghostbusters (2016) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive action · fantasy · comedy entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured action / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
Watching Ghostbusters tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Ghostbusters feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want goofy ghost-hunting camaraderie with sharp improv energy.”
Skip it tonight — Reboot backlash or silly spectral effects will pull you out immediately.
Eight films that feel like this one.
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