Brilliant

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2011)

Ghostbusters is a stroke of genius. A small group of scientists researching the paranormal (one of whom is, frankly, a charlatan conman) find that their day has come due to an outbreak of ghostly activity in New York, thus allowing them to put their research into practice. For money.
This amusing premise is coupled with a razor-sharp script (which encompasses everything from wordplay to silliness, to character- and situation-based comedy), brilliant casting for both principal and secondary parts (in particular giving Bill Murray perhaps his finest hour) and what, for the time, were state of the art special effects.
This film is great fun and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended.