Review of The New Mutants (2020) by Trodel — 30 Oct 2020

I went to watch with my teenage son. We both love Comic based Movies.

1) about 20-30 minutes in I was so bored I pulled my phone to play a game 2) my son didn't ask me to put my phone away (he HATES if I view a txt etc during a movie) 3) the suggestive child rape scenes were not good - just enough to go yuck but so surreal - you weren't sure if it was a twisted memory 4) it doesn't work as a Horror movie - you never feel any of the main protagonists are in any danger 5) it doesn't work as a Superhero movie - too much mystery about the evil corp with the main antagonist too confused about herself to really build to any kind of climax 6) it doesn't work as a Teen coming of age movie - its all cliche and doesn't create the type of empathy it should.

Superpower to bring to life nightmares is a cool idea, but the way that is personified is weak and the resolution doesn't show growth for or explain why.

Some of the acting was good - but the pacing was way to slow, the action brief, the motivations of the characters confusing (which is really weird given all the screen time spent on character development), the "scary" misty black cloud that becomes corporeal is banal, etc.