Ghostbusters Frozen Empire Review Roundup: Critics Are Cold on the New Film

Them ghosts still need bustin', and Gil Kenan's set to prove why in the latest addition to the Ghostbusters franchise.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire stars Paul Rudd alongside Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Kumail Nanjiani in this tale of Ghostbusters old and new coming together to save the world from a second ice age.

It's heading to theaters tomorrow, and the first reviews are in from the critics who left the film cold on Rotten Tomatoes at 46% from 109 reviews.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Review Roundup

• Looper.com: The widespread criticism of the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire trailer, that it looked like the filmmakers thought they were creating the next part of a sci-fi saga rather than a comedy one, bears out in the finished product.
• Empire Magazine: There was potential here, but Frozen Empire is an overpopulated mish-mash, with too many heroes to wrangle. What's left is a bit of a gooey mess. We've been slimed.
• IGN Movies: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire races onto thin ice overburdened with disparate, uninspired ideas – and no one behind or in front of the camera quite knows what to do once the movie's flailing in the water.
• USA Today: Although Frozen Empire improves upon the previous film and there's plenty to dig especially for young fans, it falls short of the 1984 classic's high bar.
• Den of Geek: For those who watch Frozen Empire not as an exercise in nostalgia, but as a proper film with its own character arcs and story beats, then Phoebe's act of defiance offers the first suggestion Ghostbusters might actually mean something in the year 2024.

If social media reactions are more your thing, you can check out the first reactions to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire here.