More than a toy... he’s your best friend.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry, Tim Matheson, David Lewis, Beatrice Kitsos, voice of Mark Hamill |
| Director |
Lars Klevberg |
| Screenplay | Tyler Burton Smith, using characters by Don Mancini |
| Music | Bear McCreary |
| Cinematography | Brendan Uegama |
| Editing | Tom Elkins, Julia Wong |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | Orion Pictures, BRON Studios, Bron Creative, KatzSmith Productions, MGM, Oddfellows Entertainment, TF1 Studio |
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| Genre | Horror thriller |
| Language | Fairly frequent. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Frequent, very strong impact, blood details. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of horror. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| R: Restricted | Rated R for bloody horror violence, and language throughout. |
| Runtime | 90 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Gabi Zietsman  While it’s not a magnum opus of the horror genre, Child's Play is a fun reboot with great performances from both humans and doll. | 10 |  |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 163 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Child’s Play updates an ’80s horror icon for the Internet of Things era, with predictably gruesome -- and generally entertaining -- results. | 13 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 11 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Gory killer doll/slasher reboot is unexpectedly fun. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 66 users | 14 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 5346 users | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 12 | |
| IMDB 9624 Netizens | 13 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 | |
Average .. 59% | 12 | |