Hocus Pocus 2

Not bad but super lackluster compared to the original!

It lacked sincerity and feeling. In fact, I didn't feel much of anything throughout except frustration. Whereas the first one made me laugh and cry the whole way through, this one was really ho-hum, except for the very end- and I only laughed once!

Like I said, there is a feeling of insincerity to this one. It's basically a parody of itself, whereas the original feels like a genuine classic. And a lot of the stuff in this felt forced and just annoying.

Also, no Max, Dani, or Allison in this one, and I was really looking forward to their return!

Glad I watched, but overall, a letdown and super lame.

UPDATE: Okay, it's only lame in comparison to the original, but not lame overall. I just can't stay mad at a Hocus Pocus movie- anything with these 3 sisters is cool with me, and I hope there are more sequels!

Why? Why? Why?

I wanted to like this, I tried desperately to find an ounce of the old magic. Alas, it was.gone.

A contrived, unimaginative senseless film that should've been more.

It wasn't bad, but I hoped for so much better. It felt dull and lacklustre. The music scenes seemed shoehorned in for the sake of it.

Oddly enough, there was some good bits and incidental comedy, hence the 4 stars. Sadly there wasn't enough.

In my opinion, the casting was ok. The script could've so much better though.

It reminded me of the ghost busters film reboot, it added nothing and took so much more away.

On the whole, it was ok.

Being a huge fan of the original I wanted to watch this with an open mind but sadly it doesn't have the edge and has lost its magic The original had alot more substance.

The sanderson sisters are still amazing and did everything right and seemed so nostalgic, however the supporting characters were rather dull especially the two main girls Izzy and becca. They fall into the usual Disney trend that isn't right for the movie.

Once again Disney virtue signalling has took the edge off it. Brought life back to a classic but only for a brief moment as the film lacked direction around the sisters, again all characters other than the sisters are dull.

This is typical of Disney ruining classics weve all loved.

Worth a watch but the nostalgia is what got me through.

In a time where Disney seems to struggle for new material, a sequel to a 29-year-old cult classic could've easily gone wrong. However, the movie is clever, enjoyable and the Sanderson sisters return is lots of fun.

Similar to the original, expect some camp witchcraft, spells through music and dance, and Winnie, Mary and Sarah once again on the hunt to be young, beautiful and to survive past dawn.

I watched the original earlier to refresh myself, but the movie does a great job of standing alone whilst also referencing key scenes in the 1993 film which have impact on the 2022 storyline.

Overall, a lot of fun for what it is and sure to be popular amongst those of us that grew up loving the original. A shame the kids from the first film didn't make a cameo!

The first half of the movie is really quite solid. The three girls who played the Sanderson Sisters as kids did an okay job. They captured the mannerisms quite well, but the actual acting was average. If this movie had been more focused on that part of the movie it would have been better. Unfortunately, only about 20 minutes of the movie's run-time is actually spent on that part of the movie. We didn't get the chance to really learn anything about either the young Sanderson Sisters or this 4th witch. She barely even spent any time in the movie and only served as a plot device for giving Winnifred her book. Although some of the witch's interactions with the modern era was funny, and there really are some funny moments in this movie(particularly at the beginning), it was just too much of retreading old ground and not enough fresh ideas. The general lack of original ideas really became prevalent at the halfway point when everything after that was just more of the same material from the first movie repurposed. There were some fun nodes and cameos here and there, but nothing particularly outstanding since they didn't get a chance to shine beyond a passing moment. The comedic elements quickly went from great and well executed at the beginning to less and less impressive as we got to the modern era part of the movie. It's as though they ran out of steam part way through and settled after having such a strong idea for the beginning. The song and dance number in the middle was really uninspired since it was just shoehorned in and not smoothly transitioned into like in the previous movie. Possibly, the worst part of this movie is the ending. It was an interesting idea of having the magic backfire on Winnifred and her sisters, but I didn't like how mushy the ending wound up being. It's as though the writers changed midway through so as to make it as non-scary or wicked as possible. The ending just felt out of character for Winnifred.

On a personal note, I really wish this movie had just focused on the Sisters as kids. There was a lot of potential in that part of the movie, and really getting to learn more about the Witch's Forest would have been a great angle to look at this movie from. It really would have been interesting to see an interaction with other witches or to see if the sisters gathered more sisters in their coven that were either betrayed or lost to time. Either way, they had something going with the earlier part of the movie that if they just kept going with it would have been amazing to see.

Sadly, this movie falls squarely in the middle because it just couldn't deliver beyond the halfway point.