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The film features a great performance from Aubrey Plaza, moving
from miserable teenager in Parks and Recreation to the mother of Andy in the
film. I must say though, it’s weird going from hearing Plaza call her husband
in Parks and Rec Andy to seeing her as a motherly figure but this time her son
gets the honour. I was sceptical of seeing Plaza in this role but she pulled it
off fantastically.
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Chucky is voiced by Mark Hamill, best known as Luke
Skywalker. Hamill’s best known voice acting work is in the form of The Joker in
a number of animated Batman features. Hamill gets the blend of creepiness and
cuteness as the demon toy just right so that you find the doll creepy, funny
and cute all at the same time. The film’s creators successfully get their audience
to feel a bit sorry for Chucky at times, seeing that he doesn’t seem to know
what he’s doing wrong and he does at good intentions at the base of
things.
Child’s Play plays on the fear of the
technology we create in the world eventually turning on us and using all of it’s
man-made features to it’s advantage. A good idea for a way to modernise a
horror classic.
It’s an adequate watch with exceptional performances from
Plaza and Hamill but the film is lacking a bit of what you would expect a
horror film to have, horror. You have the very occasional
jump scare or tense moment but I sat pretty comfortably on the back of my seat
the whole way through the showing.
My verdict? You can probably wait this out until it’s on DVD
or some streaming platform.
