Melissa McCarthy hits back at critics of the ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot

For many, the Ghostbusters reboot due out this July is something they are anticipating with a lot of excitement.

However, there has also been a massive amount of criticism and anger directed towards the film. The first trailer was the most disliked in YouTube history, and a lot - not all, but a lot - of criticism largely stems from the fact that the entire Ghostbusters team is composed of women (Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Melissa McCarthy to be exact). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw The trailer has been disliked over 800,000 times at the point of writing. Melissa McCarthy recently spoke to The Guardian about the controversy surrounding the film:

“All those comments – ‘You’re ruining my childhood!’ I mean, really. Four women doing any movie on earth will destroy your childhood? I have a visual of those people not having a Ben [Falcone, McCarthy's husband], not having friends, so they’re just sitting there and spewing hate into this fake world of the internet. I just hope they find a friend.”

Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman made his feelings very clear, according to The Hollywood Reporter:

"Everybody says I'm making the female Ghostbusters, but I say, 'No, we're making the funny Ghostbusters'. Yes, it happens to be four women. It's original. You get pissing and moaning on the Internet — sexist comments – but, you know, fuck 'em."

Meanwhile, Dan Aykroyd, star of the original Ghostbusters movies, has seen the all-female reboot and given it the thumbs up, saying "it has more laughs and more scares" than the first two '80s movies.