'In their own ways, these summer ghost stories present Black people struggling with demons — both internally and literally.'
, the — shall we say — lighthearted one of the pair. This is the Mouse Factory’s second go-round turning their famed Disneyland attraction into cinematic IP. Twenty years ago,), starring Eddie Murphy as a neglectful family man who learns how to protect his brood when they get holed up in a domicile full of ghosts.
The movie goes off the rails in the third act, as the story reaches a bleak, messy crescendo that I assume the brothers thought would be daring But it feels more like they just didn’t know how to wrap things up. Before that happens,is one sad, scary allegory on why kids shouldn’t do drugs — especially if they’re going through personal pain.give us the rare sight of darker-skinned protagonists trying to live on after a loved one dies.
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