5 Huge Mistakes That Killed The Candyman Reboot

4. The Awful Social Commentary

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One of this movie's biggest draws was Jordan Peele being one of the writers but in the finished film, one gets the sense Peele wasn't actually as involved with the screenplay as all that.

In Get Out and Us, he showed his ability to write compelling comedy, realistic yet engaging dialogue and clever, satirical story-lines. Candyman's got none of that and in particular, the social commentary is atrociously executed.

The film's dialogue about race and gentrification is painfully on-the-nose and simplistic and these subjects aren't discussed with any wit or insight. While watching this movie, you won't learn anything new or gain any new perspectives on these topics.

The movie also has various racist and/or snobbish characters who are played out in the most simplistic and predictable way imaginable. In particular, the cops seen at the end of the movie are about as one-dimensional as it gets and this further makes it difficult to really dive into the complexities of the important subjects brought up.

Hell, compared to this, the notoriously OTT The Purge movies are intellectual.

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