Review of The Boy (2016) by Dirigiblepulp — 14 Dec 2016
Night Of the Living Dummy: The Movie - Rebooted For Nostalgists.
Solid enough premise though surprisingly lacks creepiness. It eschews jump scares (outside of two terrible dream sequences) and follows its own humdrum rhythm. I want to commend it for that but it never delivers much more and the story never makes much sense.
The ending avoids the typical expectations here, and while there are mentions of a ripoff of Housebound in some reviews, this isn't really valid here. If this had gone the supernatural route it would have been just like a zillion other films. Damned if you do, damned if you don't; everything has been done. Plus that reveal was a lone bright spot.
This review of The Boy (2016) was written by Dirigiblepulp on 14 Dec 2016.
The Boy has generally received mixed reviews.
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