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- 90IGNRosie KnightIGNRosie KnightDirector Jason Reitman does his father and fans proud with a funny, sweet, and spooky family movie that proudly takes on the legacy of Ghostbusters, while also introducing something exciting and new.
- 88New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny Oleksinski[Reitman] finds the perfect tone here . . . He’s also skilled at getting genuine performance out of young actors, as he proved in “Juno,” and balancing humor with stakes — essential for comedy-horror like “Ghostbusters.” The jokes are very funny and Wolfhard and Grace make life-threatening peril look like a ball.
- 80EmpireOlly RichardsEmpireOlly RichardsIt’s always fun, inventive and full of charm. If you have any concerns that Jason Reitman’s film might sully the legacy of his dad’s greatest creation, there’s nothing to be afraid of.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenAs franchise update, origin story, coming-of-age movie, comedy and indulgent f/x extravaganza, the feature, written by the director and Gil Kenan (Monster House), hits all its marks.
- 80Total FilmJane CrowtherTotal FilmJane CrowtherWarm, witty and full of wonder, Afterlife reanimates a franchise without spitting on its grave.
- 71TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiReitman’s direction may be sharp and professional, but that’s only in the service of familiar material, so it falls to an excellent cast to make the most of a very repetitive situation.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe good news for “Ghostbusters” fans is that “Afterlife” does nothing to tarnish what has come before.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubEntertainment WeeklyChristian HolubThere are some jokes here — Paul Rudd brings a little lightness to the proceedings as the kids' science teacher, Mr. Grooberson — but it's hard to escape the overall sensation of, well, a corpse being exhumed.
- 50IndieWireCourtney HowardIndieWireCourtney HowardJason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits the reboot button once more, this time carrying a familial cinematic legacy. Yet with all the nostalgia packed into the picture, its own refurbished identity is slightly compromised, functioning as a mimeograph of what came before it.
- 50The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAfterlife wants desperately to summon the spirit of watching the first movie back in 1984. It winds up ghoulish in the wrong way.