Ghostbusters Meta critic user score 2.3

[Psychotic]

Wright said:

 

Azuren said:

4. Silent Hill had reason: a mother figure looking for her child works better than a father figure. That's a legitimate reason to change the gender of a character.

Second, I don't think a mother figure works better. If the character is presented as protective, and caring, it really doesn't matter the genre of the character nor the audience can emphatize more with it. While the movie doesn't follow closely the plot of the game, it doesn't really mader because no gender was changed at all, just a female lead was picked.

 

I disagree, I think it does work better with a mother.  It's more congruent with current gender roles as therefore require less suspension of disbelief.