Ghostbusters: Frozen Empirehas gained a chilly response from critics, but fans have rallied against the film’sRotten Tomatoes Tomatometer scoreof 44% by countering with an audience approval rating that almost matches the 1984 movie that started the franchise.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Critics and audiences very rarely see eye to eye these days, and that has been very apparent in several big blockbuster sequels of the last few years. When it comes to theGhostbustersfranchise, only the original film really blew away critics, and everything that followed has struggled to hit the same chord.Ghostbusters: Afterlifeset up the return of the OG ‘busters’ in larger roles this time around, and for audiences that has been just one of the highlights that has boosted the film’s score.
Currently,Frozen Empirehas an audience score of 85% from its Thursday night previews, which sets it just 3% behind the 1984 movie, and far ahead of 1989’sGhostbusters IIand the ill-fated reboot from 2016. However, the nostalgicreturn of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie HudsoninGhostbusters: Afterlife, which was complimented bya heartstring-tugging tribute to the late Harold Ramis, still stands out as the highest rated movie in the franchise according to audiences, holding a hugely superior 94% approval rating.
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Release Year
Critics Score (Rotten Tomatoes)
Audience Score (Rotten Tomatoes)
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Delivers for Fans
Franchise movies always have to walk a fine line between pandering to fans and attempting to enthrall newcomers.Ghostbusters: Frozen Empireis a movie that has been made by fans – namely director Gil Kenan and producer Jason Reitman – for fans. This has seen a strange mix of reviews in the fact that both those who love the movie and those who hate it seem to do so for the same reasons.
Some critics have complained that the latest outing for the spook-hunting gang is the same kind of thing that has been seen in previous movies, that there are too many characters, and that it delivers too many nostalgic nods to the past of the franchise. However, these are exactly the same reasons that so many fans have heaped praise on the film. When it comes to the decision between making a movie for those who have no affiliation with the franchise, or those who have waited a whole generation for more busting action, it is clear which side of that coin Kenan and Reitman landed on.
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The Spengler family and Gary (Paul Rudd) have trouble acclimating to life in New York City while a new threat emerges.
Of course, the main focus for Sony is how much money the movie pulls in at the box office. While all indications suggest thatFrozen Empirewill easily match or surpass 2021’s revival, whether we see more from the franchise in the coming years is really going to depend on how many people make the effort to support the release while it is in cinemas. The team behind the movie certainly have plenty of ideas still to give, and, for now, it looks like fans are more than happy to receive them.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empireis out now in theaters.
