More than 40 years on from becoming the first big-budget comedy, Ghostbusters continues to sparkle because it remains funny and its premise still works.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 8, 2025

Ghostbusters, for all its wonderful silliness, is an artifact that helps us understand its time, as well as ours.

| Aug 30, 2024

[P]art of the movie’s success lies in the terrific casting of Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and particularly, Bill Murray in his hilariously deadpan best as Peter Venkman.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 31, 2024

Ivan Reitman’s enjoyably silly (and occasionally genuinely scary) supernatural blockbuster about a team of amateurish ectoplasmic exorcists rescuing New York from a plague of ghouls was the most expensive comedy of its time.

| Dec 27, 2023

A part of me was for this film because I had enjoyed the cartoon series so much. This movie on its own is just "ok".

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2022

This has a long legacy in cinema that is worth considering but I surprisingly didn't enjoy rewatching this. I found myself shrugging my shoulders a lot and being bothered by Winston's character arc or lack thereof.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2022

Ghostbusters galvanized the comedy genre as a ferociously funny fable with state-of-the-art special effects and scares to spare.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2022

It aims to please and makes certain we are all having a good time.

| Jul 21, 2022

While Ghostbusters II failed to have the same effect on me, it will take nothing away from the greatness of this film and is one of my personal top 10 films of all time. Ghostbusters is the definition of a classic.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 18, 2022

Ghostbusters is one of the greatest comedy films of all time!

| Feb 14, 2022

I also really appreciate that Aykroyd and Ramis' script is so tightly structured but joke dense. There is practically no wasted time in this film.

| Apr 1, 2021

It's the thrills of wraith-combating, action-packed citywide devastation, and carefree attitudes that highlight the adventures and give the film a strong sense of originality.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 6, 2020

It is not intended to change anyone's life, just invite you to follow a fun and crazy group. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 20, 2019

Partly because of the cast, partly because of the effects, partly because of Elmer Bernstein's score, and partly because of [Ivan] Reitman's directing style, it all just worked -- and it still does

| Nov 2, 2018

Despite the flaws I've dwelled on here, I feel real affection for "Ghostbusters." How could you not? It's goofy, funny, homey -- it's genuine comfort food.

| Original Score: A | May 15, 2017

...an erratic yet consistently entertaining summer blockbuster...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2016

Ghostbusters is like romping through Disneyland's haunted house with Bill Murray.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 8, 2016

Ghostbusters is primarily a showcase for Murray, who slinks through the movie muttering his lines in his usual cheeky fashion and getting off an occasionally hilarious crack that proves he's thoroughly enjoying himself.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2015

The plotting may be primitive, but it's all carried off with far more style and finesse than one might expect from the creators of Animal House and Meatballs.

| Jun 16, 2015

It's almost impossible not to smile while watching it.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 16, 2015