Child's Play
Orion Pictures | Release Date: June 21, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
18
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 21, 2019
Child’s Play is perfunctory. Read full review
33
The PlaylistGriffin SchillerJun 21, 2019
While the reboot possesses a campy charm that advanced ironists are bound to find entertaining, an eerily effective score from Bear McCreary and a scene-stealing performance by Brian Tyree Henry, none of this is remotely enough to make up for a sheer lack of imagination. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJun 20, 2019
Worst of all, its mix of horror and comedy never walks the tightrope of shrieking absurdism that the originals did at their peak (and it's easy to forget that they started as a straight horror franchise). Instead, it ends up with the off-putting meanspiritedness of late-era Charles Band, the king of 2000s straight-to-video exploitation. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 22, 2019
Although Child’s Play is only 90 minutes long, it’s one of those movies where you check your watch so often you think it has stopped. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJun 21, 2019
It’s just tired, desperate and preposterous. Read full review
20
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJun 20, 2019
In trying to build a smarter Chucky, the filmmakers have assembled something unfathomably dumb. Read full review
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