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By Robert Morast (5) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Aug 2021

Of course, DaCosta’s restraint keeps its interesting…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 25 Aug 2021

Hide your mirrors and look out for bees: Candyman has returned, more relevant and terrifying than ever…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 25 Aug 2021

Many will find DaCosta’s take on the story didactic, I suppose, or low on genre payoffs…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Aug 2021

The new Candyman references the plot of the original as a sinister fanfare of shadow puppets, as if to say, “That was mythology…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 25 Aug 2021

While introducing a few arcs it doesn’t fully explore, Candyman is replete with haunting imagery, disconcerting horror, and thought-provoking…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 25 Aug 2021

Who can take a reboot, sprinkle it with something new, cover it with blood and bumblebees and a pointed social commentary or two…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 25 Aug 2021

Candyman can’t seem to decide whether it wants to scare you or make you think…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 25 Aug 2021

By the end of this new Candyman, little personal investment remains for the audience, just a miasma of provocative thoughts failing to cohere…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 25 Aug 2021

This follow-up to the acclaimed 1992 horror film of the same name has far more substance than your average popcorn chiller…

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By Matt Maytum (105) for Total Film (3,532) on 25 Aug 2021

Sharp social commentary and slick genre trappings make for thought-provoking entertainment, even if it never entirely hooks you…

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By Kambole Campbell (73) for Empire (3,446) on 25 Aug 2021

Though it delivers some entertaining comedy and bloodshed, Candyman is clunky and overly instructive in its metaphorical purpose — killing…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 25 Aug 2021

The film is so busy working through what it’s trying to say that it loses its specific pacing and texture, tumbling toward a finale that…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for Polygon (677) on 25 Aug 2021

The film is missing out on a cohesive vision, to the point where the audience will spend the entire film waiting for the flashbacks and summaries…

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By Angelica Jade Bastien (65) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 25 Aug 2021

In trying to reckon with the contradictions of the ’92 film, as well as carve out their own work, DaCosta and her collaborators have created…

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