Review of Candyman (2021) by Pug_805 — 18 Sep 2021

Very disappointed in this movie.The writing and pacing was all over the place leaving the viewer say “wait…whose that?” “When/how did that happen?” “Why doesnt the character do this?” “Why didnt he/she die?”.

Ill give examples of some of these issues so spoiler alert: in one scene the characters are in an art gallery and the camera focuses in on a random stranger and then pans away and it leaves you saying “wait who was that?”(character dies in a later scene and thats it) in that same gallery scene the main character is showing his art piece then in the very next camera cut he is drunk and acting like a douche to some characters we don’t recognize…When did he get drunk? Who is that guy he hates? Now the movie is very clear saying that if u say “Candyman” 5 times u SHOULD die.

In one scene 5 schoolgirls say Candyman 5 times in a restroom and end up being killed, but 1 girl(she is a 6th girl that was in a stall) doesnt take part in the ritual and only witnesses the deaths. Makes sense cuz she didnt say it right? Well in the final scene one of the main characters is in police custody and to escape(revenge?) she says Candyman 5 times but the Candyman only kills the cops? Wait what??? After analyzing all the killings the Candyman did, I noticed the people killed where white people(rightfully so since they did the ritual right?)but even if they didn’t do the ritual they died and if a black person does the ritual they live and the white people still die… The movie did have some cool jump scares(the elevator one was cool) and some of the killings were gruesome, but thats is about it(good acting tho!)The movie fails in everything else(writing, character development, consistency, satisfying ending.