A local critic's quiet praise for a bad sequel shifted my view
I always dismissed critics who found something nice to say about terrible sequels, thinking they were just being soft. Then I read one from our city paper that pointed out how the new cast tried to salvage a weak script with their timing. He broke down a single awkward joke that almost landed because of the delivery, which I had written off completely. Now I check for those tiny efforts, even in flops, and it makes the whole experience less frustrating.