Were They WORTH THE WAIT?

Twenty-two years separate Freaky Friday and the still-fun Freakier Friday. Let’s look at quality control for other slow-to-arrive sequels

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Mary Poppins > Mary Poppins Returns

WHEN WE SAW 'EM 1964 and 2018 WHAT WE THOUGHT Emily Blunt stepped in for Julie Andrews as the “practically perfect in every way” nanny, but national treasure Dick Van Dyke brightened both — surely one reason Variety called Returns a “rapturous piece of nostalgia” full of “delirious good vibes.”

Beetlejuice > Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

WHEN WE SAW 'EM 1988 and 2024 WHAT WE THOUGHT Reuniting visionary director Tim Burton and manic star Michael Keaton went a long way in making the ghoulish followup a hit. According to