Critic comparison for movies playing July 22-28
Ghostbusters (PG-13)
Directed by: Paul Feig
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, Leslie Jones
The pitch: Four ghostbusters must come to the aid of New York when a man opens up a gateway to another dimension.
The formula: Scare up some moments from “Ghostbusters.” Find the horror of “Saturday Night Live.” Terrorize bits of “Mike & Molly.”
Go see it: If you like seeing reboots of other movies.
Don’t go see it: If you think the original “Ghostbusters” was perfect.
Key an eye open: There are numerous cameo appearances in the movie featuring actors and ghouls from the original film.
Critics’ choices
Numbers indicate stars
Fresno Bee | Ent. Weekly | N.Y. Times | L.A. Times | S.F. Chron. | |
3 | 2 1/2 | 1 1/2 | 3 | 3 | |
3 1/2 | 3 | 3 | 2 1/2 | 4 | |
2 | 2 1/2 | 3 | 3 | 1 1/2 | |
3 | 2 1/2 | 2 | 2 1/2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 1/2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
This story was originally published July 22, 2016 at 1:42 AM with the headline "Critic comparison for movies playing July 22-28."