Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
Director:
Ben Falcone
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy,
Kristen Bell,
Peter Dinklage
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
Mild mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun and comedic self-indulgence.
Paranormal researcher Abby Yates and physicist Erin Gilbert are trying to prove that ghosts exist in modern society. When strange apparitions appear in Manhattan, Gilbert and Yates turn to engineer Jillian Holtzmann for help. Also joining the team is Patty Tolan, a lifelong New Yorker who knows the city inside and out. Armed with proton packs and plenty of attitude, the four women prepare for an epic battle as more than 1,000 mischievous ghouls descend on Times Square.
The Graffiti Artist does not appear to switch to a different spray can when drawing the red "no" symbol over the ghost, which he had drawn in black.
If you look closely though, he has a can of spray paint in each of his hands. One black and one red. He uses his left hand to spray the black and his right to spray the red. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Tour Guide Garrett:
The Aldridge Mansion is the only 19th century home in New York City preserved both inside and out. At the time of its construction, it was one of the most elegant homes in existence featuring every luxury including a face bidet and an anti-Irish security fence.
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Crazy Credits
In the post-credit scene after the credits are over, you see the girls in their lab. Patty has on a headset and is listening to an audio tape, repeating one section several times. Erin asks if she has something. Patty answers, "What's Zuul?" See more »
Alternate Versions
The extended version of the film runs 17 minutes longer and features many additional scenes and subplots featuring Justin Kirk playing Phil Hudson the boyfriend to Erin Gilbert; Elizabeth Perking playing Phyllis Adler, a resident professor and rival to Erin; Lesley Nicole playing Mrs. Potter, an elderly hotel resident who interacts with Rowan; and Chris Gethard, a belligerent internet blogger who gets assaulted on the street by Erin. See more »
This film was funny. I yet have to see a good gender switch, and have stopped watching them in any case, but for Pete's sake, what is with the compulsion to make more of these remakes and reboots?
Ghostbusters had Sigourney Weaver being all thin and flaunting. 2016 has arrived and Hollywood makes women ashamed of their bodies and puts them in fat suits or body suits or whatever and like the 'jokes' that is not funny
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A taxi to get you outta here of course.
This film was funny. I yet have to see a good gender switch, and have stopped watching them in any case, but for Pete's sake, what is with the compulsion to make more of these remakes and reboots? Ghostbusters had Sigourney Weaver being all thin and flaunting. 2016 has arrived and Hollywood makes women ashamed of their bodies and puts them in fat suits or body suits or whatever and like the 'jokes' that is not funny