Synopsis
Karen, a single mother, gifts her son Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic.
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Cast
- Aubrey PlazaKaren Barclay
- Gabriel BatemanAndy Barclay
- Brian Tyree HenryDetective Mike Norris
- Mark HamillChucky (voice)
- Tim MathesonHenry Kaslan
- Beatrice KitsosFalyn
- Ty ConsiglioPugg
- Marlon KazadiOmar
- David James LewisShane
- Carlease BurkeDoreen
- 80
The Guardian
Child’s Play bubbles with entertaining bad taste. - 80
Total Film
If your humour skews towards the sick and twisted, then this box-fresh Child’s Play will give you one almighty kick. - 67
Consequence
Child’s Play is pure entertaining fun for the horror fan, but not much else. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, nor does it offer much depth, particularly with its characters. While the cast is amiable enough, they’re mostly surface-level archetypes. - 62
IGN
Child's Play is a passable but plain remake that's saved by a blisteringly bonkers third act. - 60
TheWrap
The movie’s biggest strength is its balance between mordant humor and psychological fear. - 60
The Telegraph
For those of us old enough to have been terrorised the first time round, it delivers a nasty-but-nice-enough childhood flashback. - 50
We Got This Covered
Your enjoyment of Child's Play will depend on if "Chucky 2.0" is funny enough for your horror comedy tastes, because without investment in Kaslan's "Buddi," there's not much to appreciate beyond a few gnarly slasher deaths. - 40
Variety
This is the new normal for horror movies: The screenplays have to seem hipper than the premise they represent, which puts “Child’s Play” in the weird position of pointing out and poking fun at all the ways it fails to make sense.