Child's Play (2019) is an extremely fun horror-comedy held back by a slow second act. This movie is about a mom who gives her 13-year-old son an AI toy doll for his birthday unaware of the doll's more evil intentions. Gabriel Bateman gives a fantastic performance. He makes us care about him easily and you sympathize with him through everything. Aubrey Plaza gives a great performance though she is slightly underused. She is believable as Bateman's mom and their dynamic is really charming. Brian Tyree Henry is really good in his supporting role. Mark Hamil, though, steals this entire movie. His voice fits Chucky perfectly and he is able to easily balance the mix of creepy and funny. Lars Klevberg did a great job directing. The movie excellently captures the feeling of old school horror films. The script is really good, but has some issues in the middle. The first act perfectly sets everything up and the third act is nothing but crazy fun. However, the movie sacrifices some character work in the second act for kills and the movie becomes weaker for it. At 90 minutes the first and third acts fly by but the second act does drag on too long at times. Overall, Child's Play (2019) is a really fun and entertaining movie, but could not quite reach greatness.
7.5/10
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