This film is no better or worse than the first Hocus Pocus, which is to say it's an enjoyable evening's entertainment, leaving you with a smile, and easily forgotten about by the morning. What it is definitely not is a subversive cult film for people to be obsessed for for over two decades.
I really don't get what there is here that is controversial. Both films are more or less reimaginings of Hansel and Gretel. The witches set their sites on eating some kids, and the kids outsmart and trick them at every turn, usually with mildly humorous results. The witches are fun. The each have a role, one witch tracks the children, one lures the children, and one prepares them for consumption, and each role suggests a personality for the three actress, who seem to have great fun chewing the scenery. It's the fun they have that puts you in a good mood more than any particular jokes.
The kids this time are downright boring. The first go round, we were given Thora Birch and the kid from Eerie Indiana. I would be shocked if we saw any of these three again. I don't think I even learned their names, they were just girl 1, girl 2, and girl 3. Faring better are two more minor children. In a flashback at the beginning we see a little girl version of the head witch who mimics Bette Midler perfectly. Also, girl 3's boyfriend has some energy that makes you wish he'd be in the movie for than the three drips.
Speaking of the kids the moral of their story is bizarre. Girl 3 has moved outside of her childhood friends and started dating a star athlete. This makes girl 1 extremely jealous. In the early scenes we see girl 3 and the boyfriend attempt to keep including them in things, but girl 1 always reacts with hostility. Well, it seems the moral of this situation seemed plain to me, but I wonder if you'll be as baffled by what they went with instead as I was.
I really don't get what there is here that is controversial. Both films are more or less reimaginings of Hansel and Gretel. The witches set their sites on eating some kids, and the kids outsmart and trick them at every turn, usually with mildly humorous results. The witches are fun. The each have a role, one witch tracks the children, one lures the children, and one prepares them for consumption, and each role suggests a personality for the three actress, who seem to have great fun chewing the scenery. It's the fun they have that puts you in a good mood more than any particular jokes.
The kids this time are downright boring. The first go round, we were given Thora Birch and the kid from Eerie Indiana. I would be shocked if we saw any of these three again. I don't think I even learned their names, they were just girl 1, girl 2, and girl 3. Faring better are two more minor children. In a flashback at the beginning we see a little girl version of the head witch who mimics Bette Midler perfectly. Also, girl 3's boyfriend has some energy that makes you wish he'd be in the movie for than the three drips.
Speaking of the kids the moral of their story is bizarre. Girl 3 has moved outside of her childhood friends and started dating a star athlete. This makes girl 1 extremely jealous. In the early scenes we see girl 3 and the boyfriend attempt to keep including them in things, but girl 1 always reacts with hostility. Well, it seems the moral of this situation seemed plain to me, but I wonder if you'll be as baffled by what they went with instead as I was.