
Child's Play
Taste attributes: horrordramarobots/ai/spacescience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"More than a toy... he's your best friend."
Boxlist takeA fantastical, unsavoury horror film: heavy and slow-burning. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.0 /10
TMDB · 1,382 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical
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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.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Horror
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- KatzSmith Productions
- Taste scores
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