Frankly, Murray, Sigourney Weaver and even Aykroyd deserve much better.
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05/06/08
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 17 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: The band of ghost busters are back to save the universe. Having been put out of commission due to a judicial court order, the fearless four pull out all psychic stops to put an end to a demonic river of slime and rescue Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her child. In order to achieve this, they... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Almost as sharp as the first film and only suffering slightly from the inevitable repetitions.
05/30/07
Top Critic
The film is largely an excuse for a cast get-together, with the Ghostbusters, under judicial restraining order after the havoc wreaked in part one, suffering lives of semi-obscurity.
06/24/06
Top Critic
There's very little energy in the follow-through, and this time Murray's listlessness seems more anemic than comic.
05/30/07
A terrible disappointment, a shockingly self-satisfied and unforgivably slapdash sequel.
05/30/07
Top Critic
Kids will find the oozing slime and ghastly, ghostly apparitions to their liking and adults will enjoy the preposterously clever dialog.
05/30/07
Top Critic
Feels like a blueprint concocted by the bean-counters at Columbia Pictures.
04/03/06
Bottom line: with Murray on fire and enough clever dialogue to rival its predecessor, Ghostbusters II is good enough to put post-milennial comedy to shame.
08/05/05
No one has ever accused Ghostbusters II of being a great film, or even a good one, for that matter
08/02/05
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