Review of Child's Play (2019) by Trineo99 — 22 Jun 2019

First of all, if you want to watch this film do not watch the trailer because it spoils major death scenes and shows a majority of the ending if this film. The acting in this film was surprisingly actually really good.

Both Aubrey Plaza and Gabriel Bateman did great jobs as their characters. The biggest one that shocked me was Mark Hamill as Chucky. When it was first released that he was going to be voicing Chucky I was hesitant but now seeing the film he actually did a great job.

Although, I do wish they did the same thing in the original movie where they had a different voice actor before Chucky turned evil. Same thing with the actual doll because it looked way too creepy for any kid to actually be interested in buying it.

But honestly, when he does turn evil the look does work better than the original doll. The cinematography, done by Brendan Uegama, in this film was just outstanding. You could easily tell that the lighting in each shot was supposed to look that way and helped set the tone and mood for what was about to go down or just to make Chucky look creepier than he already does.

One thing I didn’t like though is what they did with Chucky’s origin. Now, this is a SLIGHT SPOILER so if you don’t want to be slightly spoiled than just skip over this part. Instead of just having a serial killer they just had an employee who got fired for daydreaming corrupted Chucky.

It’s so dumb and it should have just stayed with the original way. The music that was composed by Bear McCreary was amazing and like the cinematography helped with the scene. The ending makes no sense but hey at least it sets up for a sequel right.

In the end, Child’s Play (2019) is actually better than the original with some parts and worse with others. Definitely check this movie out.