O Boneco Diabólico

Esperar um grande filme do remake de Chucky, o Boneco Diabólico hoje seria ingénuo. Os anos 80 que alimentaram um tema semelhante já desapareceram há muito. Mas é louvável que não tenha resultado tão mal. A atualização do tema com a ligação do boneco através do telemóvel e o abuso da inteligência artificial atinge a marca nos tempos atuais, e apesar de a magia de Chucky ir além de toda a lógica tecnológica em cenas posteriores, funciona de forma espetacular. O filme não pode ser visto como um filme de terror (a menos que tenha oito anos), algo de que é consciente, e ilumina até a cena mais sombria com humor irónico. O rosto de Chucky com olhos vermelhos brilhantes (quando ele é mau) é fixe, e a sua descida gradual para a violência é bem-feita. Estas são as melhores passagens do filme. O «grande» final, que quer dar um bom pontapé no desenvolvimento do enredo original, mais íntimo, em vez disso, faz o filme cair com momentos banais e não muito imaginativos. Isto deveria ter demorado mais tempo a cristalizar na mente do argumentista. (05/01/2022)

A pretty decent new version of Chucky. Chucky was never one of my favourite horror properties, so I approached the film more coldly, but in the end a nice surprise. Chucky's Design didn't do much, but the main characters did a good job. I enjoyed the cop, there was some humour and surprisingl it's nicely brutal, at least the scene with the lawnmower and saw is worth it. It's a shame the finale didn't push things further, but still on the whole a satisfying flick. 65%. (17/09/2019)

Thirteen-year-old Andy has a new toy, a supermodern doll called Chucky. And Chucky's a little broken, so he starts killing people to make Andy happy. This new version of the horror classic doesn't scare too much, but it entertains with comic brutality, decent actors and a Stranger Things-style atmosphere. Nothing great, but as a horror one-off, the new Child's Play holds up. (26/07/2019)

Can the Chucky doll be taken seriously? I don’t think so. And even though the film tries to milk the audience’s emotions and convey some sort of moral message, it is still a remake of a horror classics that doesn’t deserve more than three stars. On the contrary, three stars might be more than enough here. Moreover, the movie tries to copy the atmosphere of Stranger Things or It, but doesn’t really succeed in doing so. (11/12/2019)

The Child’s Play brand is unnecessarily applied to this film, but I really like this technological update. And when it comes to “remakes”, I like those that aren’t afraid of reworking the original, which to a great extent is the case here; so, basically… satisfaction. It’s well crafted, the characters are likeable and it’s well acted. On top of that, the film is permeated with an effective humour that’s quite fitting (certainly more than in this year’s It). And for a “kids” horror, it’s also quite bloody. My biggest problem, though, is with the look of the titular doll. It’s ugly AF and I can’t believe that any company would design their super commercial toy like this. (10/09/2019)