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Name: Come Play
Released: 2020-10-30
Cast: Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher, Jr., Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley

Come Play

PG-13
1h 36m
2020

56%

age 13+

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Desperate for a friend, Oliver (Azhy Robertson), a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses Oliver's devices against him to break into our world, Oliver's parents (Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr.) must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.

Director:

Jacob Chase

Producer:

Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman

Writer:

Jacob Chase

Cast:

Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher, Jr., Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

56%

Critics Consensus: A frightening feature debut from Jacob Chase, Come Play makes up for its uneven tone by adding real depth to its jarring scares.

Reviews

Radio Times

Matt Glasby

Jacob Chase's horror won't win any prizes for originality. What it does have is heart.

The Babadook meets Light's Out, overall Come Play feels a little cookie cutter horror, but still manages to get a couple of good scares in.

A stylish and beautifully made horror which amplifies the anxieties and foibles of parenting to create a terrifying scenario.

It's as if someone put the Slenderman meme, the scary girl from The Ring franchise, The Babadook and a few others through a woodchipper and sprayed the resulting mulch on to the screen.

September 6, 2021

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Sydney Morning Herald

Sandra Hall

There was so much fun to be had along the way. Chase takes his story much too seriously to entertain that proposition. It's suffused with an atmosphere of dogged naturalism, rooted so firmly in the everyday that fun might well be a foreign word.

August 18, 2021

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Common Sense Media

age 13+

Common Sense Says

Empathy, family, and autism in scary monster story.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Come Play is a horror movie about Oliver (Azhy Robertson), a boy on the autism spectrum who comes upon an ebook about "Larry," a lonely monster who wants a friend. Despite a few small story flaws, it's well made and just scary enough for younger teens and up. Expect to see kids in peril, scary visual effects, a monster, a few jump scares, bullies, and characters smashing things. A car crash is suggested through the sound of squealing brakes. Language includes a few uses of "s--t" (spoken by adult characters), as well as "hell," "boner," "loser," and "freak." Fortnite is mentioned, and SpongeBob SquarePants plays a fairly large part in the story: Oliver frequently watches scenes from the cartoons, and he hums the theme song to calm himself. His parents seem to be having relationship troubles, but sex isn't an issue.