When the first trailer for Paul Feig's take on Ghostbusters, it was a disaster. The video was disliked thousands, it even spent some time as the most disliked video on YouTube – until it was dethroned by Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
That wasn't the end of horrendous things that happened for Ghostbusters, Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliot got in on the action with their take on the theme song. The moment of judgement is near, Ghostbusters officially releases in four days. Before world wide release, critics got to see the film and their reviews certainly paint a different picture for the film.
Currently, Feig's Ghostbusters is sitting at 61 reviews, 47 of which are positive and 14 are negative – making the general consensus suprisingly positive, at least as far as Rotten Tomatoes goes. The biggest point of contention in Ghostbusters reviews is the "chemistry" between Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth.
Reviewers can't decide whether they had chemistry or not, each reviewer fell on either side of that arguement. It will be very interesting to see how the reviews change when regular moviegoers get to see the movie.
Below you can find a good mix of positive and negative reviews:
Us Weekly (2.5/4)
The talented stars are not to blame for a pointless, harmless and mildly funny remake that will leave most moviegoers shrugging their shoulders and musing, "well, at least it's better than Ghostbusters 2."
New York Times (Positive)
Sliding into theaters on a river of slime and an endless supply of good vibes, the new, cheerfully silly "Ghostbusters" is that rarest of big-studio offerings – a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun.
Entertainment Weekly (C+)
Is the new Ghostbusters funny? The answer is: Kind of, but not nearly to the degree it should be considering the talent involved.
Variety (Negative)
Whereas Feig has previously managed to cross genre streams successfully, here he succumbs to the familiar curse of the digital-effects era: When there's almost nothing the computer can't conjure, it falls to the director to know when to stop.
TIME (Positive)
Feig's Ghostbusters is its own definitive creature, an affable, inventive riff on Ivan Reitman's proton-packing caper that exists not to score points, but only to make us laugh. For a summer comedy, there's no nobler purpose.
The Hollywood Reporter (Negative)
It's all busy-ness, noise and chaos, with zero thrills and very little sustainable comic buoyancy.
