It isn't scary, it isn't funny, it isn't thrilling, it isn't interesting. The only thing I liked was the soundtrack, but even then it felt so hollow as if they just googled "music from 1994" and called it a day (case in point, Bush didn't release their debut album until the very end of 1994).
It tried so hard to be stranger things (but the 90s) but failed to include anything to actually make someone nostalgic. The movie seemed to forget that just adding nineties stuff doesn't make it good. None of the characters were particularly likeable...by the end I was actively rooting for them to just die so it would be over. And no one in this movie acts like a real person. "Wow the girl I had a crush on was just murdered right in front of me, no big deal imma just order some pizza, chat with my friend online and call it a night aha"...."dang my boyfriend and two of my friends were murdered tonight, better go make out with my ex and listen to this sick mixed tape". Also, their whole plan was to restart Samantha's heart, and instead of using a defibrillator (you know, like the one in the ambulance they had already stolen) they thought it was a better idea to make her OD and hope for the best?
I could go on and on. Basically, this movie is a hot mess. You know there's a problem when the trailer you shoe horn at the end of your movie is more interesting than the movie itself.
It tried so hard to be stranger things (but the 90s) but failed to include anything to actually make someone nostalgic. The movie seemed to forget that just adding nineties stuff doesn't make it good. None of the characters were particularly likeable...by the end I was actively rooting for them to just die so it would be over. And no one in this movie acts like a real person. "Wow the girl I had a crush on was just murdered right in front of me, no big deal imma just order some pizza, chat with my friend online and call it a night aha"...."dang my boyfriend and two of my friends were murdered tonight, better go make out with my ex and listen to this sick mixed tape". Also, their whole plan was to restart Samantha's heart, and instead of using a defibrillator (you know, like the one in the ambulance they had already stolen) they thought it was a better idea to make her OD and hope for the best?
I could go on and on. Basically, this movie is a hot mess. You know there's a problem when the trailer you shoe horn at the end of your movie is more interesting than the movie itself.