In This movie Sisters! All Hallow's Eve has developed into a night of fun where kids dress up, act out, and watch Disney Plus sequels to '90s classics. In the spooky sequel Hocus Pocus 2 Lookmovie, witches Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy from the wild 1993 comedy are reunited. Disney's latest nostalgia-mining archive raid.
Hocus Pocus 2 is currently streaming on Disney Plus and has a good start. The sequel begins in the distant past, just like the original, but instead of the start of the first film, which featured the lynching of three women and the murder of a young child, the origin story of the young Sanderson sisters who troubled Salem, Massachusetts' puritanical residents, takes place in 1653. It's a delightful beginning that implies everyone involved is aware of their task, especially Taylor Henderson's eye-catching performance as a young Winifred with unusual dental work.
Cut to Salem in the present. It's Halloween, but three school buddies are having trouble because of a birthday, a relationship, and a forbidden party. When they unintentionally revive Winifred, Mary, and Sarah—played with their trademark over-the-top glee by Midler, Najimy, and Parker—the teen angst becomes inconsequential. With the magical stakes higher than ever, those three spend another night wreaking mayhem in the contemporary world.
The sequel excels in the same ways as the original Hocus Pocus did, which was a cackling stew of camp chaos: Watch both films back-to-back to see how the three original stars zap back into their parts as if they had been summoned directly from the original. They appear to be having a great time as they amusingly move through the frame together while exchanging zingers. Particularly with her comedic capers in the background, SJP steals countless frames. The laughter of the trio appears genuine in at least one moment.
And of course, it's outrageously camp. The original movie, which was reportedly a flop, has found new life as a Halloween tradition for both children and adults. The Hocus Pocus 2 team, led by Anne Fletcher, the director of Step Up, 27 Dresses, Hot Pursuit, and Dumplin', is all too aware of this. I'll accept it since the minute the Sandersons are revived, they break into a fantastic yet puzzling musical piece that results in a great jump fright. Hannah Waddingham, who starred in Ted Lasso, competes with the three actors in the vamp stakes, and the group even interrupts a drag show where RuPaul's Drag Race contestants dressed as the iconic Sanderson sisters are present.
Whitney Peak and Belissa Escobedo make for interesting teen protagonists despite having little to work with. The new characters are all uninteresting, and Sam Richardson seldom gets any lines that can be considered humor. Tony Hale, in particular, is forced to play the town's dreadfully unfunny mayor, whose major characteristic is a perplexing running joke about toffee apples, or something.
As the plot develops, the chaotic excitement of the earlier sequences is buried with tedious Harry Potter-style action/adventure, complete with dueling lightning blasts in a dark forest. It may be exciting for modern children who have grown up with a diet of greater peril than the original gave, but it does drag on.
Hocus Pocus 2 is another contemporary movie that is frustratingly hazy, much like the most recent Pinocchio Lookmovie. Night images are frequently too dark to make out what is happening, and day scenes fade under a desaturated palette that is completely out of place with the bright content. Disney, please use that Mickey money to purchase some lights.
Minor issues, though. The truly miserable Home Sweet Home Alone is a million miles away, despite all of its problems. This delightful caper can be carried by the reunited Midler, Najimy, and Parker running amok, yet it doesn't feel like a big cash-in because of the old black magic they bring. Even the comically evil Sandersons' lives have a hint of pathos added to them. And even then, the original is still valid.
Even though Hocus Pocus 2 uses a lot of the same components, the result is still a potent witches' brew.
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