By the time Josh Booneâs The New Mutants arrived in theaters this past August, morale surrounding the release wasnât exactly high. The film had seen its release date pushed a ridiculous number of times (admittedly sometimes due to factors that had nothing to do with the production), and it didnât exactly inspire confidence that 20th Century Studios was willing to put it on the big screen when most big screens around North America were closed. Then the reviews came out from professional critics who had to buy tickets for the show, and they werenât exactly brimming with positivity â with CinemaBlendâs own Sean OâConnell describing it as, âA simplistic, unimaginative, low-budget blip on the comic-book radar that neither hinders nor furthers the superhero conversation.â
But you know what? With appropriately lowered expectations, itâs actually better than you might think.
