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The Boy

2016

William Brent Bell

Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Ben Robson, Diana Hardcastle ...

5.3

7,422

Horror. Thriller Greta (Lauren Cohan) is a nanny working for a family whose son has just passed away, finds herself put in charge of caring for a lifelike doll that the couple treat as a real child.

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Despite game efforts by the cast, this tepid horror opus is never scary enough to overcome its silly premise"	NEG
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"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"	NEU
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"[Its] moody atmosphere and committed performances can’t conceal the fact that this is one dumb flick (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Mike McCahill The Guardian	"[A] mediocre non-chiller (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"[William Brent Bell] generally succeeds in creating an eerie atmosphere (...) He also shamelessly indulges in familiar horror movie tropes"	NEU
United States	Inkoo Kang The Wrap	"Stacey Menear’s script is careful and clever about revealing what Brahms really is"	POS

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