If you like comedy, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call may be something youâd enjoy. If you like something that’s memorable, this is probably best left alone.
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016) Film Review
Working on her career and hoping to obtain tenure as a professor is the current goal of Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig). When she discovers that her past ghost curiosity hobby crops up in the form of a book she co-authored, she reunites with Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), her former best friend and co-author. This reunion brings her back into the world of science and ghost hunting. What starts as the intention to bury her former hobby turns into something more permanent when she along with Abby and Abbyâs co-worker, Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) spy a ghost!
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đ»âGHOSTBUSTERS: ANSWER THE CALLâ: ENTERTAINING BUT NOT MEMORABLEđ» MELISSA MCCARTHY STARS IN COMEDY. #GHOSTBUSTERS #MOVIE #MOVIES #CHRISHEMSWORTH Click To TweetBack when this was a newer release, I did see this. Recently re-watching this, all I could remember is that it gives some laughs. Beyond this not much else. Turns out, thereâs a reason for this. The cast is good and as always, Melissa McCarthy is funny; I know her from Gilmore Girls and sheâs always a good time for humor. Additionally in the cast is some throwbacks to the original Ghostbusters cast like Billy Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Dan Aykroyd.  Leslie Jones rounds out the current new cast and in a silly role, there is Chris Hemsworth. Honestly, I do find him funny in this but at the same time the gender bent secretary cliches donât all work in the way writerâs imagine.
For me, the reason this film didnât work is that itâs just not memorable. Even with the funny parts, it just doesnât really stand out. Thereâs things that make us laugh then thereâs things that fit an agenda. Thereâs lots of, what I would guess, throwbacks to the 80s film which will make anyone who has nostalgia about the original, happy. As a new remake, I donât think this one is a fast favorite.
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Content: there is some profanity and crude humor in the script. Thereâs some âtenseâ scenes and âscaryâ or âcreepyâ ghosts that threaten everyone. The film is PG-13.
Photos: Sony Pictures
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