Candyman

2021

Action / Horror / Thriller

160
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 335 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 82500 82.5K

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Plot summary

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Director

Nia DaCosta Photo
Nia DaCosta

Top cast

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Photo
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Troy Cartwright
Cassie Kramer Photo
Cassie Kramer as Librarian
Tony Todd Photo
Tony Todd as Daniel Robitaille / Candyman
Virginia Madsen Photo
Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Artemur 6 / 10

It's more like social commentary about racism and injustice than a horror movie.

This sequel expanded on Candyman's muddled fictional mythology and mixed this mythology with some real people and events to give sociological and political background on some hot topics like racism and injustice to African Americans in the United States. I found it strange that they mixed some real-life racism-related crimes and their victims with a classic horror movie's fictional story for social commentary, but it's just my personal opinion. There are too many problems in this sequel, and I think the biggest problem is that this movie is definitely not as scary and thrilling as the first one. It's narrative is also unfocused, and that makes the story hard to follow because they crammed too many things into the script, which makes the script kind of messy, drawn out, and convoluted. I wasn't also impressed by the acting. The main guy's acting is really wooden; the character he played is also quite bland and hard to empathize with, and the supporting actors and characters aren't better than him. The movie is also quite slow-paced. It lasts 1.30 hours, but it feels much longer because of its slowness. Overall, I found this movie less scary and less enjoyable. It's a well-made movie; that's why I didn't give a low point, but it just couldn't give you the first movie's suspense, thrill, and horror.
Reviewed by random_gyrl 7 / 10

Clearly none of these reviews understood the original

Scrolling through these reviews, I saw a couple 5 and 6 stars, but mostly 1 and 2, all complaining about the movie focusing on racism rather than horror, and blaming Jordan Peele (even though this is not his solo film). All I have to say is these people have either never seen the original Candyman or failed to understand it. If you think the original didn't have anything to do with race I think you should watch it again. Nia Dacosta did a great job with this film and tying all the legends together, creating a "spiritual sequel" as planned. Candyman has never been cut and dry horror, and while I agree there could have been more chilling moments, this is not as bad of a film as these other reviewers would like you to think. If you walk into a black horror film expecting jason vorhees or michael myers, that's your fault, not Dacosta's.
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