Ghostbusters II

Guess who's coming to save the world again?

1989 • 108 min • Comedy · Fantasy

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Synopsis

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Our family guide

Best from age 7

Movie Knight Score

4930 reviews

60 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
66 Audience · 4925 · 35%

The Ghostbusters are back in action when a river of mood slime threatens New York City. They must overcome skepticism and a powerful ancient spirit to save the city on New Year's Eve.

Violence & peril: 3/10
Language: 2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 4/10

Heads up

Ghostly threats, including a powerful ancient spirit and creepy Vigo paintings, might be unsettling.
Some mild crude humor and insults.
Moments of suspense and peril as the city is threatened.

What it models well

Teamwork and collaboration
Believing in yourself and others
Protecting your community

Talk about it after

How the Ghostbusters use science and teamwork to solve problems.
Why people sometimes doubt new or unusual ideas.
The importance of helping others, even when it's difficult.

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Top billed cast

Director: Ivan Reitman • Crew: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis

Trailers & clips

"Let's Cook"

Lighter Darker | The ILM Podcast Ep 005: Ghostbusters II with Bill George

Spilling The Slimy News To The Mayor

The River of Slime Clip

Dana Finds Oscar Film Clip

"I Got My Law Degree In Night School" | Ghostbusters vs The Law

Final Battle With Vigo Film Clip

The Ghostbusters Are Back! Film Clip

Reviewer notes

Recommended
"Ghostbusters II" easily recreates the spirit (if you'll pardon the pun) of the original and it is very engaging and entertaining viewing throughout, especially for a sequel where money is usually the only primary motivating factor. Of course, this is probably the case here as well, but at least there is a concerted effort by screenwriters Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd to refresh the range of cliches on offer that ...
kevin2019, TMDB Community

Not recommended
I can't say that I really loved the first film and this didn't really advance that view much. It was clearly just made to capitalise on that huge success without anyone really bothering to develop the characters or build much of a story. Indeed - all it really does is introduce a baby (aww) and swap the baddies - this time we have the slightly camp Carpathian "Vigo" (the splendidly named Wilhelm von Homburg) - who...
Geronimo1967, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
'They're back!' I watched this straight after the first one. It was just as good as the first film. I enjoyed it.
Peter89Spencer, TMDB Community

Not recommended
Who you gonna snore? Ghostbusters II Is directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis & Ernie Hudson. Ramis & Aykroyd c-wrote the screenplay and it's a sequel to the hugely successful Ghostbusters from 1984. Plot follows on from the first film but five years later and sees the Ghostbusters disbanded after being derided as frauds and handed a bill for t...
John Chard, TMDB Community

Recommended
This was another sequel that was fashionable to knock when it came out. It got panned because it couldn't live up to the first Ghostbusters. Well, what could? The first one was so original, so enormously popular than any sequel was bound to fail as far as matching it. This second Ghostbusters was just fine, very entertaining and it was nice to see all the main characters back. It had a little nicer feel to it a...
tricksy, TMDB Community