Candyman (2021): A Messy Spiritual Sequel That Can't Get Out From Under The Original's Shadow
Writer/director Nia DaCosta becomes the first Black filmmaker to take on the Candyman franchise with the 2021 soft reboot sequel to Bernard Rose’s groundbreaking 1992 original. Joined by co-screenwriters Win Rosenfeld and Jordan Peele (who also co-produced the film), DaCosta and company clearly have a lot to say, but their overtly signaled social messaging muddies the film’s mythology and dampens the horror.
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