A new girl at school seems to know the secrets of Emma, who is anything but the typical teenage girl, so Emma must deal with her enemies by any means necessary.A new girl at school seems to know the secrets of Emma, who is anything but the typical teenage girl, so Emma must deal with her enemies by any means necessary.A new girl at school seems to know the secrets of Emma, who is anything but the typical teenage girl, so Emma must deal with her enemies by any means necessary.
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The Bad Seed (2018) is a watered down version of the classic with the twist of a father learning these truths about his daughter. It's an average watch because it just didn't bring anything fresh enough to give it a je ne sais quoi to make it very appealing. Also, its hard to measure up this father/nefarious daughter film with Orphan (2009) being similar but setting a much higher standard.
I was interested to see where they would take the storyline with an older McKenna (even though I would've preferred seeing an older version of Rhoda from the '56 film). True to deranged form, McKenna doesn't fail to be an uncomfortable person to watch.
She's still a shrewd egotist and masterful at hiding her darker side. We watch a few of her schemes turn into close calls and missed opportunities but the movie falls flat in terms of payoff. However, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a third film on the horizon.
It was 'meh'. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it. It was just a middle of the week, night on the couch watch for me. If they make a 3rd film, I'll watch it just to satisfy a slim curiosity.
It's on par with quality films releases by Netflix or Prime, a lot of talented people involved in the acting through to bystanders and small details.
The protagonist did remind me of Britney Spears' Baby one more time.
Ignore bad reviews who compare it to the 1950s movie, it's 2022 now and stands on its own as a film. Try it, or watch the first one with the same actress in first, from 2018.
Mckenna Grace is almost an A-lister at this point, or Lifetime wouldn't continue this franchise. I don't think that she should continue this thing anyways. This reminds me of Macaulay Culkin doing The Good Son. It is always tough to have a villain as the lead character who has anti-rooting interest. I'm wondering if we should be following Kat instead.
A bunch of unfortunate coincidences happening around a certain girl does not raise eyebrows? Maybe her blonde hair gave her plot armor because she's invincible without reason
Imagine this: a girl suspects someone to be a serial killer but get this... she willingly go to her house to talk about boys over hot chocolate? I think the appropriate genre for this is comedy because it's actually hilarious to watch how stupid the writers can get with this disastrous film.
Hope the next movie is even more terrible so I can watch my new favorite comedy.
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- TriviaWriting debut of Mckenna Grace.
- GoofsIn the first movie Emma had dark brown hair, but in the sequel she has blonde hair. This is the same case for Angela; she was a blonde in the first movie and is a brunette here.
- Quotes
Kat Sandburg: Never have I ever... Killed someone.
Stephanie Lowford: [Emma proudly lights the cigarette and takes a deep puff] Who did you...? Who did you kill?
Emma Grossman: My mom. When I was born.
Stephanie Lowford: Oh, thank God. I mean... You know what I mean.
Emma Grossman: What'd you think I meant? Did you think I actually killed someone? I'm not a psycho.
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- The Bad Seed: Emma's Revenge
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