Synopsis
A lonely young boy 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.
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Cast
- Gillian JacobsSarah
- John Gallagher Jr.Marty
- Azhy RobertsonOliver
- Winslow FegleyByron
- Jayden MarineMateo
- Gavin MacIver-WrightZach
- Dalmar AbuzeidMr. Calarco
- Eboni BoothDr. Robyn
- Rachel WilsonJennifer
- Alana-Ashley MarquesAide
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The director doesn't rely on cheap jump scares or trick editing. Instead, he builds and sustains suspense throughout the well-paced thriller with controlled camera movement, malevolent lighting, unsettling music and jagged, staticky sound. - 75
The A.V. Club
Writer-director Jacob Chase, making his feature debut, expanded Come Play from an inventive short film. The result is involving, but a little pat as drama; you see the strings, even when it’s successfully pulling the ones attached to your heart. As a horror movie, though, it’s often diabolical fun: a PG-13 funhouse ride of peekaboo jolts. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Come Play’s themes, characters and story are too strong to lump the film in with the wave of sub-tier horror flooding the market this month. - 70
Arizona Republic
Horror movies are notoriously tough to end well — how can the last act match the lead-up? But credit Chase with coming up with an ending that fits the mood of the rest of the film without selling out the audience emotionally. - 63
Washington Post
Despite the subtext of screen addiction, it is still essentially a by-the-book monster movie, despite some better-than-average jump scares and clever rendering of Larry, who for the most part can be seen only through the camera lens of a cellphone or tablet device. - 50
Slant Magazine
While it can be expected that high-concept horror movies will often be sewn together from the premises of recent genre successes, it’s much too easy to see the stitches in writer-director Jacob Chase’s Come Play. - 50
Variety
Even though the kid is the hero we should clearly be rooting for, the filmmaker conjures equal amounts of empathy and compassion for the monster. That serves to add complexity to the characterizations, but balancing both sides muddles the poignancy of the climax. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The most shocking thing about Come Play, however, is that it has a pretty good ending after such a long, poorly paced slog through scary movie cliches.
