Reviews

Glad to see I'm not the only one that's seeing this.

Normies? Muggles? Um, what?

The headscarf with snake underneath?

That rowing competition?

The statue that leads into a tomb?

The shapeshifters, the werewolves... I mean, if there is a season 2, will they reveal Cousin Itt to be an Afghan Hound?

Also, + Twilight +Chilling Adventures of Sabrina + that classic Simpsons episode where Lisa uncovers the truth about Jebediah Springfield

Catherine Zeta Jones was a mid casting choice as Morticia. Also, it bothered me how they made Morticia some kind of preppy soccer helicopter mom that's trying to manipulate Wednesday.

Jenna Ortega tried her best in the title role. But I found myself cringing a bit too much - but that was mostly the writing so can't really blame her for that, except that dance at the prom - 60's Wednesday knows how to break it down (iykyk).

Tbh, I'm shocked that this show is being accepted so well.

Shows/stories like this remind me of going to church where pastors preach the same stories/rules to a congregation that just laps it up.

I found myself saying "Wednesday wouldn't react like this" so many times.

Gratuitous sex/make-out scenes, hyped up drug use, "cute" ending (and it probably thinks it's cute).

Odd placement of Lee Pace's character. The character should've played up the hippy dippy, artsy fartsy trait - Pace's character just comes across as a drugged out old man dating a teenager. Maybe that's exactly what he was; and all that he was, but in this political climate - that was a choice. On top of that, his death scene felt very arbitrary (but frankly, so did all the others).

Davidson was "OK" - I mean, he's SUPPOSED to be annoying and unlikeable, right? But in a funny way?

Sternberg carries the movie, until the end.

What else...

Surprised A24 greenlit this - I expect stuff like this from Netflix - maybe A24 thought this would be an easy cash-grab, but one that's still trying to be clever (cleverer than the rest), idk - it could've been better, it could've gone darker, played deeper with the satirizing of the Gen-Z stereotypes.

The more I think about the it, the worse it gets.

Sincerely, A millennial.

"10 out of 10" - Gen Z.

"7 out of 10" - Millennials.

"5 out of 10" - Gen X.

"Why are they acting this way? What is this? Out of 10" - Boomers.

"Why are they acting this way? What is this I'm twelve? (& too young to be watching this) out of 10" - Gen Alpha.

Pent up rage?

A lot of reviews stating "why don't they fight back?"/"frustrating to watch" but isn't that exactly the point the movie was trying to get across?

Speaking generally, in Scandinavian culture, there seems to be this overbearing culture of politeness and "not being loud" - on top of being nestled in their sheltered and comfortable lifestyles (quite similar to Japanese culture - I mean, imo, you could swap out the couple here with a Japanese couple and the story could play out exactly the same).

Having said that, though, some things were just garishly frustrating - like driving back to the house for the stuffed animal and the overall blatant ignorance of red flags. But I guess we all make the wrong choices sometimes and ignore red flags in certain situations/people. However, what really bothered me (and the last straw) was when Bjørn drove off the road in an attempt to try and lose the trailing car/Patrick.

This movie comes across more like a highly dramatized Public Service Announcement. As I mentioned in the title, there is no catharsis to the story, just pent up rage and frustration - the story could've been built up better/cleaner, but it is semi-successful in its own brutal and frustrating way.