Review of Candyman (2021) by Mattyice — 27 Aug 2021

While Candyman is well-shot, well-acted, its hand-puppet scenes are very well done, and its themes of art and artistic approach are great, it disappoints as an overall picture in the end. One of the biggest issues is it truly isn't scary or intense in any way beyond the body horror shown on occasion.

Furthermore, its gentrification themes feel very forced and are done with absolutely no subtlety or nuance whatsoever, making it feel rather shallow and preachy relative to the original film. Finally, its entire third act is really poorly written, leaving viewers cheated and bored in the end.

It has merits in its direction and design, but its actual substance leaves a lot to be desired and could have been done way better with more nuance and better writing.