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Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a dispiriting nostalgia exercise

Director Jason Reitman called Ghostbusters: Afterlife his most personal film yet. That makes sense; he was seven when dad Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters ...

Jason Reitman directs this fourth installment featuring a crew of Ghostbusting kids.

Ditching New York for small-town Oklahoma, the franchise delivers action and nostalgia but falls short on plot and comedy.

Hearkening to the great movies of the 80s, this film follows a group of very capable and hilarious kids who save the world from destruction.

In a directorial father-son baton pass from Ivan Reitman to Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”), “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is undeniably nostalgic and fa...

Jason Reitman's sequel to his father's iconic Ghostbusters movies has its moments. (Most of them are Paul Rudd adjacent.)

This addition to the 'Ghostbusters' franchise takes fans back to a beloved world and offers the chance to hang with old friends we never thought we’d see a...

Busted script has no new ideas to offer. Call the morgue!

Does busting make you feel good? Read the Empire review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and find out.

Jason Reitman takes up his father's legacy in 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife,' but it becomes a gloomy nostalgia trip through the ruins of American culture.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a genuine treat, full of warmth, wit and wonder

Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace also star in director Jason Reitman’s supernatural action comedy, which adds a contemporary chapter to the franchise that b...

Dripping in unearned gravitas, this belated sequel turns the original film’s downtrodden dorks into superheroes

This resurrection of a beloved franchise suffers from an over-reliance on its previous life.

Film review: It passes the time. That’s the best we can say about Afterlife

Jason Reitman, son of "Ghostbusters" director Ivan Reitman, helms the franchise reboot "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," starring Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd.

Jason Reitman takes on the mantle of his Ghostbusting father Ivan with this emotionally manipulative nostalgia trip.

It’s taken 36 years and six presidential administrations, but with “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” fans now have a sequel to love.

Jason Reitman, son of the original “Ghostbusters” director, delivers a toothless film with Paul Rudd as a love interest and plenty of cutesy ghosts.

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is a slow motion, backwards-looking crawl through the ectoplasmic slime of toxic nostalgia.

It brings in a new generation to share everything fans may feel about this franchise

Get ready for a deep dive into nostalgia. Ghostbusters:Afterlife, although boasting a next generation of Ghostbusters, works bestfor those who have seen (and...

A craven exercise in hollow nostalgia.

'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' is, per director Jason Reitman, a love letter to the fans. It would have been nice if he'd made a movie as well.

Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd star in a comedy adventure, directed by Jason Reitman, and opening exclusively in movie theaters Nove...

Jason Reitman takes over the reins of his father's franchise in this latest franchise reboot

Now that the movie is in theaters, we dig into the spoilerly details of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and pinpoint exactly where the sequel went wrong.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits theaters this weekend, and though our resident Ghostbusters fan found plenty to enjoy, they walked away ultimately disappointed.

Ghostbusters Afterlife is an exercise in nostalgia that drastically departs from what has come before.

The 1984 film was a goofy, blue-collar buddy comedy. The new one is a hollow imitation.

The once-prestigious Jason Reitman has remarked that after five consecutive box office bombs he felt the need to make his own Ghostbusters to finally confron...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is not really a movie at all. Instead, it is a gigantic, perverse admission of defeat

The supernatural franchise has finally thrown in the towel and given the fans what they want

Jason Reitman pays homage to his father's 1984 remake by both updating it and borrowing from it as much as possible

The new installment is less about zapping ghoulies than it is about Family, Reconnection and Forgiveness. It feels fully parent-approved—and where’s the ...

Instead of strapping the franchise onto star Mckenna Grace's back, new sequel 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' frustratingly embraces nostalgia overload.

The original ‘Ghostbusters’ had fun with its cynicism—this new one is just cynical.

The brand gets a fresh jolt of energy from director Jason Reitman, who offers fan service alongside a new entry point for younger audiences.