Joe Keery

Although entertaining enough to watch until the end and funny enough to evoke a few laughs, the movie’s confusing logic, inability to steer clear from cliches and feeble attempts at establishing depth all exacerbate its various shortcomings.

The Duffer brothers have stuck to their nostalgia-pandering, sci-fi meets Stephen King template. And though it should be tiresome, it isn’t. 

Whether on our laptops or in our living rooms, television has always been a space of escape, in which our ideologies are reflected back to us.

Barb’s story speaks to sinister issues of body representation in Hollywood, which in turn helps to set larger-scale standards for who we as a society consider beautiful.

The pairing off of the characters in these unexpected ways is the best part of “Stranger Things 2.”