Ghostbusters Film Review

Finished watching Ghostbusters, directed by Paul Feig and staring Zach Woods, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth. The film opens up with a tour guide (Zach Woods) closing up the historic house that he works at only discover that the house is haunted when a ghost appears. The next day the owner of the house meets with Dr. Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) who has written a book on the paranormal years prior with her old friend Dr. Abbey Yates (Melissa McCarthy) who had published the book without her knowing causing Erin to find her old friend who has continued with her studies into the paranormal with electrical engineer Dr. Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon). After encountering the ghost at the house the group decided to become Ghostbusters, a name that the media gives the group after being joined by subway worker Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) who called the girls at their office above a local Chinese restaurant with the call being recieved by the groups receptionist Kevin (Chris Hemsworth). Overall this was a good film as it's incredibly hilarious from the get go as each actor plays off each other which is also credit to how well the script has been crafted. The references and callbacks to the original films are great and work extremely well in the context of the film along with the return of the original cast which does feel shoehorned into the film. The CGI and animation is great as the ghosts work perfectly within the real world however there is a couple of places within the fight where the CGI feels disjointed such as the reconstruction of a building at the end of the film which looks unfinished and takes you out of the film. 7/10.