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Child's Play

2019

Lars Klevberg

Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Tim Matheson ...

5.0

4,509

Horror A mother gives her son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Despite all these upgrades, Chucky seems less intimidating than before (...) His personality isn’t all that interesting anymore."
		Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"The makeshift nature of Mancini's originals handily outshines this slick, corporate cash-grab."
		William Bibbiani Bloody Disgusting	"[It] builds to a satisfying climax. So satisfying (...) that it’s easy to wish the rest of the film had been more like it (...) As a 'Chucky' film, it can’t help but seem lacking (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"In trying to build a smarter 'Chucky', the filmmakers have assembled something unfathomably dumb"
		Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"The movie’s biggest strength is its balance between mordant humor and psychological fear (...) [It] suggest this creaky franchise isn’t quite played out yet."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The gore, which is plentiful, grows repetitive and dull (...) [It] quickly devolves into clichéd plot mechanics (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] at once repudiates Mancini’s franchise by attempting to make it bigger and bolder while falling back on ingredients we’ve seen before, and seen better"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A razor-sharp and exquisitely gruesome toy story (...) [It] bubbles with entertaining bad taste.(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Christian Holub Entertainment Weekly	"[A] remake [that] dilutes Chucky's evil with more laughs than scares"
		Rosie Knight IGN	"A passable but plain remake that's saved by a blisteringly bonkers third act."
		Chris Hewitt Empire	"Making a killer-doll movie out of decent component parts should have been child’s play, but this misses the mark (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"[It] proves to be surprisingly enjoyable (...) It would deserve immortalisation for its shameless trolling of 'Toy Story 4' (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Kievberg’s film deliberately evokes the hokey 80s charms of films like 'Gremlins', and is amusing enough so long as it tempers the nastiness."

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