Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Review - 4 Ups & 6 Downs

3. It Doesn't Know What It Wants To Be

This is categorically a sequel that doesn't know what it wants to be, planting one foot in the cheeky, adult-skewing humour of the first two Ghostbusters movies, and the other in sentimental coming-of-age shtick for younger viewers, ultimately creating something of a schizophrenic tone.

There's a fundamental clash between some of Frozen Empire's surprisingly dark, horror-inspired elements and the many dew-eyed scenes devoted to the Spengler family unit.

Though giving Phoebe a spectral female love interest is an intriguing idea in theory - and a welcome dash of LGBT-friendly storytelling in a four-quadrant blockbuster - it only further upends the vibe of a movie that can't reconcile its competing moods.

By the end you have to wonder who Frozen Empire will genuinely appeal to, because by aggressively attempting to court both fans of the old-school Ghostbusters movies and younger teen viewers, it seemingly struggles to please either.