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Come Play

2020

Jacob Chase

Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley ...

5.3

1,647

Horror "Come Play" stars Azhy Robertson as a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.

	Media	Author	Review
		Courtney Howard Variety	"Though there’s grounded, real-world sentiment infused into the narrative (...) Chase struggles to craft viscerally stimulating supernatural frights to complement those enlightened thoughts"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Taut, effective techno terror (...) [Chase] expanded with great assurance in both craft and storytelling from his imaginative 5-minute short, 'Larry'"
		Rosie Knight IGN	"A misfire on multiple levels, from the thinly drawn leads to lack of tension. It fails to offer any real scares and it's hard to connect on an emotional level with the characters"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"There’s enough potential here for something great. As it stands, 'Come Play' is merely serviceable, and leaves you with the feeling that a much better game was lost in the shuffle."
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"The result is involving, but a little pat as drama (...) As a horror movie, though, it’s often diabolical fun"
		Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"Alexa, find me a derivative thriller (...) [It] feels secondhand in its overarching conceit, its scare tactics and even its sentimentality"
		Pat Brown Slant	"In the end, theme takes too much priority over threatening atmosphere (...) But the film can only get so far on Robertson’s performance and its spectator’s protective instincts (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"A routine, jump-scare-laden PG-13 horror tale featuring a cast that’s above the film’s paygrade."
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The film is second-rate horror, but watchable enough (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media	"A well-made production from top to bottom, and it effectively encourages strong empathy for its central characters (...) Robertson is remarkable"
		Sarah Jessica Rintjema Exclaim!	"The film is forgettable, and will ultimately lose itself amongst the laundry list of cash-grab 'spooky' horror films released during the season"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"With the exception of a few strong sequences in the scare department, it’s an inconsistent, flat film that is too often reliant on jump scares instead of atmosphere. It is unwilling to really dig into its darkest ideas (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"This is very much a mixed bag: credible and well researched in some respects, but slipping up badly in other places (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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