Candyman (2021)

"Well-intentioned but strangely flat and inconsistent."

"Both overly didactic and muddled."

"(Candyman) distinguishes DaCosta as a visionary to be reckoned with."

"Every intriguing plot point... is squandered by pedestrian direction, facile thought, and a craven commodification of Blackness."

"(Candyman is) overstuffed with numerous relevant springboards for discussion, often at the expense of sustained dread."

"Though it delivers some entertaining comedy and bloodshed, Candyman is clunky and overly instructive in its metaphorical purpose..."

"DaCosta stages (the murders) with a spurting operatic dread that evokes the grandiloquent sadism of mid-period De Palma."

"(Candyman) artfully weaves together supernatural-powered genre chills with some decidedly real-world truths."

"Candyman... pays tribute to the original and its legacy while forging a very present, grounded path forward, organically expanding the mythology."

"A very tasty confection of satire and scorn."

"Gory yet strikingly beautiful and socially relevant..."

"A wry, ambitious, occasionally frustrating reimagining..."

"There's an elegance to DaCosta's storytelling, always giving us just enough to keep us moving forward without signalling too much of what's to come."

"The attention to race, police brutality, community displacement and related issues doesn’t mean the thrills are any less spine-tingling or the bloodletting less ghastly."

"A fun, thought-provoking time at the movies."