Spoilers: I see the 5 star review bots have been working overtime for this movie, I read a few, they are ridiculous lol.
My 3 kids are all in agreeance (for the first time ever) that this is the worst movie they have ever seen. They are disappointed at the lack of actual ghost busting. I have to wonder who this movie was actually made for? Not the fans of the original, not the kids who love the ghost busting action. I guess the writers were so busy trying to be relevant that they missed the mark completely.
I love the cast, but even they couldn’t save this stinker. I suggest they rename the movie ‘people who live in a firehouse with personal issues’ or ‘parents dealing with angsty teens’ because it is unfair to the original GB movie to be associated with this. Mind you I haven’t seen 3 and 4 but I hear they are even worse than this one.
The only sensible part of the movie is when they tell Phoebe she is too young to bust ghosts. She then proves them right when she nearly destroys the world because she wants to pash on with a moody arsonist ghost whom she has known for 5 minutes. Mind you, there are zero consequences for her, I guess when you help save the world, the fact you are the one who started the problem in the first place, doesn’t matter.
Great lesson for kids. In the car on the way home I made it clear to mine that if they ever put the world in jeopardy due to their teenager angsty selfishness, there will be ramifications.
In conclusion, I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a dysfunctional family with questionable parenting styles who live in a messy firehouse. If you want to see a funny/mildly scary action movie full of ghost busting fun times, avoid this movie, it is a schemozzle.