Child’s Play
(Blood Buddy)
(Blood Brother)
(Batteries Not Included)
DVD Release Company: MGM / 20th Century Fox (http://www.mgm.com / 20th Century Fox)
Language: English
Length: 87 Minutes
Image: Color
Year: 1988
Rated: R (Violence and Language)
Release Date: September 15, 2009
“This is the end, friend.” – Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent)
MOVIE REVIEW
Children are creepy. Dolls made to resemble children are creepier. This is what makes Child’s Play a frighteningly bold movie. It makes the childlike doll an actual character, giving it life, a voice, a persona and a motive to kill. Child’s Play introduces a madness that topples over our notion of precious innocence and it cuts deep into our childhood to where we can never look at a doll the same ever again.
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Children are creepy. Dolls made to resemble children are creepier. This is what makes Child’s Play a frighteningly bold movie. It makes the childlike doll an actual character, giving it life, a voice, a persona and a motive to kill. Child’s Play introduces a madness that topples over our notion of precious innocence and it cuts deep into our childhood to where we can never look at a doll the same ever again.