Child's Play

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Child's Play

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Released Jun 21, 2019

1h 30m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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After moving to a new city, young Andy Barclay receives a special present from his mother -- a seemingly innocent Buddi doll that becomes his best friend. When the doll suddenly takes on a life of its own, Andy unites with other neighborhood children to stop the sinister toy from wreaking bloody havoc.

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Critics Consensus

Child's Play updates an '80s horror icon for the Internet of Things era, with predictably gruesome -- and generally entertaining -- results.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

I think they made a lot of good reasons for this [remake] to exist.

Oct 1, 2019

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

Overall, this is a fun 90 minutes, if you are into this sort of thing.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 8, 2019

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

At the very least, it achieves the baseline desire of a horror reboot: it's fun, it's scary, and it doesn't trample all over a legacy.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 8, 2019

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...the 2019 version of Child’s Play is a surprise in that it got the mix of familiar and new just right...It’s easy to see why Stephen King would get a kick out of this film, which offers a nice mesh of black humour, social satire and outrageous gore...

Rated: 4/5

Jun 11, 2025

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

In a nutshell it isn’t serious enough. It isn’t funny enough. It isn’t self-aware enough. Worst of all, it isn’t the slightest bit scary.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Dan Bayer

Next Best Picture

A reboot that takes a big chance in actually updating the story in ways that make sense and offer lots of possibilities, but has so much else that goes wrong that the final product ends up being a wash.

Rated: 5/10

May 13, 2022

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SHANNON

Movie was hard to follow

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Engin O

Fun but forgettable, worth a watch if you’re bored. Nothing bad about it, but it’s fun while it lasts and nothing more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/21/23

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Alicia Bailon

The new Chucky movie was basically a remake with a modern twist. Instead of voodoo magic it refers alot to Artificial Intelligence.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/02/19

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Lucas H

I thought it was an amazing movie. I think the original childs play movie fans are to distracted by the fact that it's not like the original to enjoy it. great movie imo

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/20/19

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Tony D

I did not think I was going to enjoy it this much. I get the premise was to turn all the safeguards off for an A.I. Toy doll... but still, it could’ve been something different, maybe. And I get they didn’t want to repeat a possessed doll story, but regardless... it was well done. And I mean cmon, it’s Mark Hammil! Anything with him is Gold!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/10/19

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Kevin

I give it a 5 out of 10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/05/19

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Synopsis

After moving to a new city, young Andy Barclay receives a special present from his mother -- a seemingly innocent Buddi doll that becomes his best friend. When the doll suddenly takes on a life of its own, Andy unites with other neighborhood children to stop the sinister toy from wreaking bloody havoc.

Director: Lars Klevberg
Producer: David Katzenberg, Seth Grahame-Smith
Screenwriter: Tyler Burton Smith
Distributor: Orion Pictures
Production Co: KatzSmith Productions, Oddfellows Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), The Province of Ontario, BRON Studios, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Orion Pictures, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Creative Wealth Media Finance
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Bloody Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.2M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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