Ghostbusters Page #13

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Paul Feig
Production: Sony Pictures
  5 wins & 24 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG-13
Year:
2016
116 min
$128,344,089
Website
4,556 Views


Attagirl. Okay, let's go. Go, go, go.

Oh!

All right, fire 'em up.

Ahh!

The portal's too strong.

We still don't have enough power

to reverse it.

Yo, what about that nuclear thing

on top of the car?

If we can get those reactors

super-critical inside the vortex,

the beta radiation could 180 the polarity.

Causing a total protonic reversal.

It's gonna turn that portal

into a giant ghost trap.

You are a genius, Patty.

I'm a Ghostbuster.

All right, let's narrow his path.

Aim for the silver canisters.

It's working!

He's too strong.

We can't let the portal close

with him still here.

All right, ladies.

Let's loosen his grip.

Yo, that's where

you wanted us to shoot, right?

Yes.

Look out!

Abby!

The portal's closing!

- Abby, hang on! I'm coming!

- What is she doing?

Hang on, Abby!

Abby!

Erin.

I wasn't gonna leave you twice.

Yeah.

Mmm-hmm.

- Oh!

- Hold on!

- Oh, my God.

- We got to get 'em out of there.

We got to get 'em out of there!

Shut up!

Yeah!

Hell yeah!

Yeah! Yeah!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

- Whoa.

- Yeah! Yeah!

- What's "whoa"?

- Yes.

- Oh!

- No!

Oh, my...

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

Oh, my gosh! Uh...

What year is it?

- It's 2040.

- What?

- Our president is a plant.

- Oh, my God!

I'm kidding. You were gone two seconds.

- We did it, huh?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, you did it.

- Yep.

- We all did it.

- We all did it.

We all did it.

That's right.

- We all did it.

- Well, uh...

What did you do, Kevin?

I did a lot, actually.

I'll have you know that

I walked over to the power box,

pushed a bunch of buttons.

Everything got sucked into the portal,

then it closed up.

- Ah, Kev.

- That's...

Sweet, sweet Kev. The two are unrelated.

Uh, more important question.

When did you have time to get a sandwich?

Oh, when I was looking for you guys,

I looked in that deli over there.

Uh... When we were risking our lives,

trying to save New York City,

you stopped in to get a sandwich?

Quit splitting hairs, okay?

Potatoes, tomatoes. it doesn't matter.

Point is, the Ghostbusters...

Are back together again, okay?

And that's what friends are for.

- Just glad you okay, man.

- Kevin!

Yes. Hold my hand longer.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

I love the hair, by the way.

Makes you look a lot older.

- You know what?

- Hmm?

A little help, please?

Uh...

Really?

Can I have the beverage, please?

Don't.

Mmm.

And a muffin, thanks.

Oh, my God.

Are you a wizard?

In the aftermath of the events,

authorities are still trying to understand

what happened in Times Square

and throughout the city.

I saw Pilgrims. Ghost Pilgrims.

So you're honestly gonna stand here

and tell me that we didn't all see ghosts,

that what actually happened

was that terrorists drugged all of the water

with hallucinogens.

Yes. Yes.

Wait, what?

- Baba Booey!

- I... I...

...with the government trying to claim

the event wasn't supernatural,

despite so many eyewitness accounts

to the contrary.

The big question is,

was it the four women

who refer to themselves as Ghostbusters

who actually thwarted the attack?

We may never know.

Well, now I know how Batman feels.

You know what?

You don't have to keep fiddling with it.

I think it looks nice. Right?

I'd talk to you at an AA meeting.

It's my fault, anyway.

The box said the color was called Garfield.

- Ooh.

- Mmm.

It wasn't even the cat. It was the president.

Oh.

It was part of

the Dead Presidents Color Collection.

You stay away from Taft.

That's my mother's color.

I don't want to see that on anyone's head.

Mine was "Woman with a Secret."

And she was kind of going, "Shh."

And she appeared to be in a canoe.

You know what? I want to make a toast.

Oh.

Uh-oh.

- Here we go.

- Here we go.

Physics is the study of

the movement of, uh, bodies in space,

and it can unlock the mysteries

of the universe.

But it cannot answer the essential question

of what is our purpose here.

And, to me, the purpose of life is to love.

And to love is what you have shown me.

I didn't think that I would

ever really have a friend until I met Abby,

and then I feel like I have a family of my own.

And I love you. Thank you.

Thank you.

I mean, that was like a real thing right there.

- Yeah, that was...

- That was, like, so real.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

Oh.

We want to thank you for your discretion.

It's not working at all, but thank you.

Actually, we'd like you to continue

to study this subject,

fully funded.

You know, we need to be better prepared,

just in case.

- Yeah. Yes, that's smart.

- Yes.

Whatever you need, going forward.

Anything at all.

Anything?

Anything.

Hell yeah!

Second floor is mine.

You can't claim a whole floor.

I just did.

You can't...

You can't do that, Holtzy!

Not bad, ghost girl.

Thank you, and I proudly take that title.

- Is that...

- Patty's uncle.

Um').!

Where is it?

What are you talking about?

I told you what happened.

Where's the car?

- It's on the other side.

- In Jersey?

- No, in the portal.

- Ah, huh...

You know what? We should probably

let them just work this out.

- Excuse me.

- Patty,

I got four funerals this weekend.

I can't do them with just one hearse.

Maybe you could do two at a time.

We're not stacking 'em like flapjacks!

II'

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

I know what you did.

What? Oh...

Bennie, don't get weird on me, okay?

What is...

Yeah!

I'm just looking for a reasonable ratio

of wontons to broth.

This is absolute madness.

Come on, girl.

You deserve every wonton in the world.

Don't let any man tell you otherwise.

- Okay, you can go.

- All right.

- We still good for brunch?

- Nope.

Just go.

II'

Ghostbusters. Please give

a detailed description of your apparition.

Mmm-hmm. Well, that sounds like

an illusional meta-physious, spectro-mian.

Mmm. Mmm-hmm.

I'm talking like you guys.

- Way to go, Kev.

- Yeah.

Well, that sounds very scary.

It's probably 'cause you got a lot of

bad karma from your previous life. Mmm.

Oh, I hate coffee.

I'm just gonna disconnect his phone.

- He won't notice.

- No.

II'

How's it going over here?

Um, good. Really good.

I'm working on some kind of next-level stuff.

Case in point.

Whoa!

Wow.

What is this for?

It catches ghosts

and it transports them somewhere else.

I don't know where, uh,

but I have a feeling it's Michigan.

Sorry, Lansing.

II'

Hey, how's this containment unit?

Oh, you got that up and going?

Oh, that?

Oh, that's going real smooth.

Uh, I just would say don't be in a room with it

for more than an hour at a time,

because I'm thinking a lot of hair loss.

Oh, well, that might be something

we want to work on. Oh.

Uh, hi. Hello. Sorry, I didn't know

anyone else was here.

What a ding-a-ling. I forgot to introduce.

This is my mentor, Dr. Rebecca Gorin.

This is reckless, Jillian.

All someone has to do is sneeze too hard

and everyone in this building

is going to disintegrate.

It's completely unstable.

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Katie Dippold

Katie Dippold is a screenwriter, actress, and comedian. She was a writer on the NBC series Parks and Recreation and wrote The Heat starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. The Heat won the 2014 American Comedy Award for best screenplay and favorite comedy of the year at the People's Choice Awards. more…

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