Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire chooses quantity over quality. It's overstuffed with excessive protagonists, exposition dumps, a convoluted plot, and unclear rules. Almost nothing is developed and the single completed arc feels thinly earned. The makings of proper themes, relationships, and internal conflicts are all drowned out by stagnant side characters, needless nostalgia bait, and muddled threads. There's spotty humor, unnatural dialogue, generic threats, and minimal drama. Its mixed acting glimpses genuine sparks among a sea of cramped one-notes. Ultimately, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire buries adequate ideas in a script that can't make up its mind about what it's doing.
Technically, Frozen Empire is disjointed. Its direction clashes too many tones, devolving into a bland product. The inconsistent imagery provides motion, framing, drab colors, and basic composition. Its editing has clumsy momentum, clunky pacing, and uneven structure. The sound adds silence, emphasis, and extensive genre elements. Both its music and production design are either tired iconography or forgettable new additions. The cast offers plenty of fame, talent, fit, and cameos, but everyone is underutilized. Its effects are mostly in tasteful moderation before succumbing to an overdone climax. Overall, Frozen Empire undermines a passable core narrative with franchise clutter.
Writing: 3/10
Direction: 3/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Acting: 5/10
Editing: 4/10
Sound: 7/10
Score/Soundtrack: 6/10
Production Design: 6/10
Casting: 8/10
Effects: 7/10
Overall Score: 5.4/10
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