The performances are what give Paul Feig's reboot a life of its own
As early reviews warned, Paul Feig's new Ghostbusters isn't the transcendent antidote for years of Hollywood gender imbalance some might have hoped for. It's broad and dubiously sentimental, and relies on gross-out slime gags and mega-pratfalls. Its special effects are big and colorful, but not very interesting. It moves too frantically to find the gentle, even lyrical moments that help give Ivan Reitman's original 1984 Ghostbusters its distinctive directorial texture.
The humor The original Ghostbusters had a particular brand of quotable, memorable humor, based around the cast's specific strengths. Feig's film doesn't try to copy any of this, but it does follow the same philosophy, by playing up what each of its ridiculously controversial comedian stars do best.
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