Review – Candyman (2021)

I’d be very curious to see something else directed by Nia DaCosta. Because this outing features several moments of pure brilliance, but they’re scattered amid a meandering mess of strangeness just for the sake of being strange (sadly what I’m coming to expect from co-writer Jordan Peele). When it’s at its best, it’s genuinely chilling. It’s also fun when it makes references to the original Candyman movie. But the only good stuff that doesn’t require you to wade through the slower parts are the excellent shadow puppet sequences at the end. Worth seeing