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Director: Ivan Reitman
Movie review
From Time Out London
For Halloween, a welcome reissue for this deliriously inventive, evergreen 1984 family comedy. Or at least, it used to be a family film: thanks to a churlish re-think by the BBFC – it’s been upped from a PG – ‘Ghostbusters’ is now deemed unsuitable for its target audience. Though presumably, this has more to do with some spicy language (‘this man has no dick!’) and ‘adult’ situations (Sigourney Weaver’s mid-air ecstasy) than anything to spook the under-12s. Quibbles aside, this is a near-flawless example of the ’80s genre boom in full swing, fusing state-of-the-art SFX, a loopy guys-on-a-mission plot, some awful synth ’n’ snare electro-pop and a handful of the finest one-liners ever. Go on, take the kids.Author: Tom Huddleston
Time Out London Issue 2149: Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2011
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- Wow, that's a really clee said...
- Posted on Dec 21 2011 05:01 Wow, that's a really cleevr way of thinking about it!
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- John Higgins said...
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Posted on Dec 08 2011 10:00
I have fond memories of seeing the very first teaser trailer on ENTERTAINMENT USA back in the spring of 1984 and was one of the first in the queue to see it on December 1st at a cinema in Birmingham. I have seen it numerous times on DVD and TV and still marvel at the Richard Edlund effects and enjoy the Elmer Bernstein music.
Even today, I wonder what the film would have been like if John Belushi had been in the role eventually played by Bill Murray. - Report as inappropriate
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Posted on Oct 30 2011 17:13
Brilliant! Go see this. Just seen it and there were two groups of the films target audience 8 to 14 year old lads in the cinemas plus a few families where parents old enough to remember it first tiime out were taking their kids. Haven't seen a group of young lads come out of a film so hyper and loud for many many years.
The review is bang on the button. Take your kids. They won't see a better written, acted and directed comedy aimed at kids of all ages for a long time.
Go see it and see it now. - Report as inappropriate
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- googoo said...
- Posted on Nov 14 2007 18:02 haha
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Cast & crew
Director: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, William Atherton full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: 12A
Duration: 105 mins
UK Release: Oct 28 2011
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