The first Happy Death Day film, released in October of 2017, was a rare kind of “fun mediocrity” that I seldom experience these days at the theater. Growing up in the last decade, and the early portion of this one, I always felt like most movies I considered “mediocre” were inadequate attempts at interesting ideas, or vice versa—messy platters containing both good and bad morsels that, when mixed together, averaged out to a maybe-passable meal. Those mediocre films often had elements—the good morsels—that stuck with me or made me appreciate a film more, despite its glaring shortcomings.
Happy Death Day 2U
Happy Death Day 2U
Happy Death Day 2U
The first Happy Death Day film, released in October of 2017, was a rare kind of “fun mediocrity” that I seldom experience these days at the theater. Growing up in the last decade, and the early portion of this one, I always felt like most movies I considered “mediocre” were inadequate attempts at interesting ideas, or vice versa—messy platters containing both good and bad morsels that, when mixed together, averaged out to a maybe-passable meal. Those mediocre films often had elements—the good morsels—that stuck with me or made me appreciate a film more, despite its glaring shortcomings.