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MyGuy Review of Ghostbusters 2016

Ghostbusters is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film and reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise. Directed by Paul Feig and written by Feig and Katie Dippold, the film stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones as four women who start a ghost-catching business in New York City.
A third Ghostbusters film had been in various states of development since the release of Ghostbusters II in 1989. Due to Bill Murray's reticence to commit to the project and the death of Harold Ramis in 2014 (both were key members of the original cast), Sony decided instead to reboot the series (much of the original film's cast appear in cameo roles). The female cast, announced in 2015, attracted publicity and controversy.

Dr. Erin Gilbert and Dr. Abby Yates are co-authors of a book which posits the existence of paranormal phenomenon such as ghosts. When the book proves unpopular, Gilbert distances herself and eventually becomes a teacher at Columbia University, while Yates continues to study the paranormal at a technical college with eccentric engineer Dr. Jillian Holtzmann. Years later, Gilbert learns the book has been republished, threatening her reputation in academia and her bid for tenure. Gilbert reunites with Yates and, in exchange for getting the book out of publication, agrees to assist Yates and Holtzmann on a paranormal investigation.
The group witness and document a malevolent ghost, renewing Gilbert's belief in the paranormal, but video of their investigation is posted online and they're all dismissed from academia. To continue their research, they open the "Department of the Metaphysical Examination" in an office above a Chinese restaurant, hire dim-witted but handsome Kevin Beckman as a receptionist, and start building equipment to study and capture ghosts. Meanwhile, MTA worker Patty Tolan witnesses a ghost in a subway line and contacts the Department. The group investigate, documenting the ghost and successfully testing Holtzmann's proton containment laser, but their proof is again dismissed.