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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Washington PostRichard HarringtonWashington PostRichard HarringtonAs the vengeful Candyman, Tony Todd remains both a tragic victim and a frightfully menacing supposition, enough so that you'll think twice before repeating that full Candyman mantra in front of your bathroom mirror.
- Farewell to the Flesh exhibits a savvy awareness of its own political limitations.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovDirector Condon displays a sure hand with material that could easily have turned out far worse, making this a nicely disturbing piece of work that rises well above the conventions of the genre almost all the way through.
- 60VarietyLeonard KladyVarietyLeonard KladyThe script is constructed too much like a novel, which slows the pace of the early, establishing sections. Director Bill Condon works too hard to tie all the plot strands into a neat bow.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie doesn't develop, alas, with the patience and restraint of the earlier film.
- Since Barker’s baroque prose visions are too complex for the gore-hound market, they’re bound to be watered down into this kind of bilge.
- 40The DissolveKeith PhippsThe DissolveKeith PhippsMostly, however, Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh is content to rely on easy jolts and an overabundance of fake-out scares, rather than hard-earned suspense. It’s never awful, but it also never feels necessary. Mostly, it proves that even the most innovative horror concepts can find ways to spin their wheels.
- 40The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesFortunately, Candyman isn't powerful enough to do much harm. The credits are more intriguing than the film.
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThe least they could have done with the sequel Candyman : Farewell to the Flesh is make it scary. How they managed to give us a killer with a bloody hook going around eviscerating people and have him come off as mild as a butterfly is boggling.
- 20Time OutTime OutCandyman was the best Clive Barker adaptation to date. This follow-up is a travesty of both its literary source and the original film.