Rotten
There's only so much she can do once the movie around her devolves into the usual barrage of jump scares, but Cohan maintains her composure even as Greta loses hers.
Michael Nordine, L.A. Weekly
The Boy
Every child needs to feel loved.
2016 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
William Brent Bell
Overview
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[It] aims to set itself squarely in the fictional canon of Chucky and its brethren, but it ends up trying to do so much that it forgets to scare us.
Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
"The Boy" didn't screen for critics, but it's actually a pretty sturdy genre effort. Nearly free of gore... [the film] is careful and clever about revealing what Brahms really is, for he's certainly got a mind and will of his own.
Inkoo Kang, TheWrap
Rotten
It's awkward and strange but never shamelessly over-the-top enough to serve as a guilty pleasure.
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
It ... has enough scary moments to satisfy horror fans, but you're left wondering whether it might have been more disturbing had it stayed on its original path.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
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