Fresh
On balance, Ghostbusters is a hoot. It's Murray's picture, and in a triumph of mind over matter, he blows away the film's boring special effects with his one-liners.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Ghostbusters
They're here to save the world.
1984 · 1h 47m · PG
Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by
Ivan Reitman
Overview
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Director and cast
- Ivan Reitman Director
- Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
- Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz
- Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
- Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler
- Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
- Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
- William Atherton as Walter Peck
- Ernie Hudson Cast
- Slavitza Jovan Cast
- David Margulies Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Whoever thought of having evil's final manifestation take the form of a 100-ft. marshmallow deserves the rational mind's eternal gratitude.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten
Only intermittently impressive.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Essentially a $30 million version of Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy but not at all a bad time, thanks mainly to Bill Murray's incredibly dry line readings and director Ivan Reitman's maintenance of a moderately coherent tone and plotline.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Thirty years on, bustin' still makes us feel good. In fact, few movies have the power to make us feel good-er.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
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