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Hocus Pocus 2

Hocus Pocus 2

2022

Anne Fletcher

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Whitney Peak ...

5.0

3,366

Comedy. Fantasy. Horror Three young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern-day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the world. The world may have been free of Winifred, Mary, and Sarah and the fear they invoked in us all, but what happens when you mess with magic? It messes back.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"A totally satisfactory sequel (...) OK, so the plot is basically the same and the jokes mere updates to the original. Why mess with a good thing when you can simply recreate it?"
		Peter Debruge Variety	Bette Midler and Sisters Conjure More of the Same in Decades-Later Disney+ Sequel (...) “Hocus Pocus 2” is actually the better made film, even if it amounts to little more than a stealth remake
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] honors its history without knowing quite how to move beyond it (...) The result is a thin but satisfactory piece of entertainment."
		Shannon Connellan Mashable	"A perfectly spellbinding sequel, resurrecting our favourite melodramatic, witchy sisters with smart modern dialogue, old-school spooky special effects, and perfectly potent new additions"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"[It] succeeds in showing that not every popular movie needs a starry sequel decades after the fact. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Caitlin Chappell CBR	"Despite some fun performances, 'Hocus Pocus 2' misses some of the magic of the original film with underdeveloped themes and an unclear audience."
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"This sequel is as sweet and decadent as a gourmet caramel apple at a Halloween festival. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"Unfortunately, 'Hocus Pocus 2', which does have its fun moments, can't compare to the original film and lacks proper character development."
		Maggie Lovitt Collider	"As exciting as it is to bring back the old guard, the film makes it clear that the story can continue with a new generation (...) It summons the magic of nostalgia with laughs, heart, and music"
		Amy Amatangelo Paste Magazine	"At an hour and 43 minutes, 'Hocus Pocus 2' is definitely too long. But still I can't be that mad that the witches are back; they still cast quite the spell"
		Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"'Hocus Pocus 2' can't help but feel like the shambling corpse of Billy Butcherson —still alive and kicking (and a lot sassier), but at what cost? (...) It deserved better"
		Kevin Harley Radio Times	"The uneven Disney Plus sequel is most successful when it leans into the Halloween hokum and pays tribute to the original (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"Fortunately, 'Hocus Pocus 2' delivers exactly what you would expect; Lots of fun and shenanigan revolving around the things that made the first movie a Halloween evergreen. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"A breezy sequel that should provide go-down-easy Halloween viewing for the less-demanding families"
		Marshall Shaffer The Playlist	"'Hocus Pocus' fans wanted a new movie, but Disney just gave them a mascot appearance masquerading as a sequel instead"
		Phil Pirrello AV Club	"The best thing that can probably be said about 'Hocus Pocus 2' is that it could have been so much worse.
		Amelia Emberwing IGN	"The original cast return to remind us why Hocus Pocus became a cult classic, and new players give fans being introduced to the franchise wonderful characters to cheer on"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"Is 'Hocus Pocus 2' often as exhausting as it is entertaining? Sure. But the inspired lunacy of Midler, Parker and Najimy is impossible to resist, whether they're flying on broomsticks or vacuum cleaners"
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"The challenge for the sequel to a beloved film is maintaining enough of the original to make the fans happy without being too repetitive or confusing newcomers, and 'Hocus Pocus 2' gets that just right (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] honors its history without knowing quite how to move beyond it (...) The result is a thin but satisfactory piece of entertainment"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"I liked 'Hocus Pocus 2' for what it is but it is not nearly as good as it could or should have been. Fans will be satisfied and newcomers will be entertained, but in no way does this movie improve upon the original"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It is far from bewitching (...) a disappointingly flat follow-up that tries too hard to soften the villains (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Helen O'Hara Empire	"This is just as unevenly plotted as the original, lacks even the element of surprise, and is not by any reasonable standard 'good' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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