One of the best and funniest comedies of the 80's, ahead of its time, totally misunderstood and underrated by humourless critics . It couldn't be made today in a stiff politically correct Hollywood.
Siskel talks about children in jeopardy. IsraHell is the only country on earth that systematically beats, tortures, prosecutes and imprisons children under a military martial law system of legalized apartheid. How is that for showing children in jeopardy??? Right now, millions of children P@lestini@n children are subjected to this and MORE under IsraHELL. Child's play is just a movie IsraHELL is real..
I dunno. The movie didn't offend me. I found nothing wrong with it and I got the fact that they were poking fun at stereotypes, racism and white privilege. I thought it was a comedy with a message.
Idc about this films “good intentions” It’s just not the same imagine if spike lee made a film about a chris rock pretending to be a Jewish boy trying to get to a trip to birthright? Would’ve never seen the light of day.
I remember going to see this at my local multiplex when it first hit cinemas, and while at the time I didn't love the movie, I didn't hate it either. I thought it was ok. However, after rewatching it several years ago I found that it hasn't aged all that well. It relies too much on stereotypical tropes in regard to homosexuality as an attempt for cheap laughs which don't sit well with me. I think it would have worked better as a satirical comedy on the preconceptions people have had about homosexuality had they portrayed Howard as an average masculine male, who likes manly things but happens to be gay. So when he is outed as being gay, the reactions from the local townsfolk to how effeminate he is and how he doesn't conform to their prejudices of how a gay man behaves, force them to confront their own ignorance. And it puzzles me that both Gene and Roger failed to see that the movie, although ultimately well-meaning proved to be more regressive than progressive.
I cringe at the complete disconnect they have from the basis of the storyline. They didn't think Chucky would return with a change of heart, did they? These two must have been the life of every party they never got the invite to.
This movie really only works as a traditional 80's, 90's formula movie. & it was a good early staring role for the Cage Man. I liked how it copied Top Gun, with replacing Naval Jets with US Army Helicopters. Its not a bad thing to do flicks like these because they are good enough to cheer the action adventure driven, morally patriotic crowd while also appeasing pop corn movie fans while promoting a Military recruiting commercial (because the US like other major nations needs to enlist troops to fix, maintain, arm, & fly helicopters like these, so why not have a fun recruiting movie). Its not meant to be a masterpiece, or something original, that was why these two did not approve of it.
Years ago, I remember thinking these guys were too uptight about Chucky. Now, I get it. When you take away the nostalgia, you’re left with a well-made child torture film. Nothing feels good as an adult watching Andy get tortured for a second time. He’s still a baby. Far too young to deserve or even understand what’s happening to him. There’s no reward. You almost want him to die just so you don’t have to watch the abuse. It’s like watching a lamb be slaughtered, or seeing a cub be eaten by a predator just because it’s an east kill. Meh.
Song means alot to me I was born at exactly 6 months a premature baby and as my my was pushing lol she said this song was playing loud in th hospital hall way now I use this as my theme song lol
I'd be interested in seeing a sequel that tries to tackle reparations. Maybe a scene like like something from those California Legislature hearings where blacks are asking for awards of diamonds, rubies, a "million dollars", etc.
I saw this as a comedy first. Everyone knew the premise was ridiculous and that was the point. However, although the dinner table scene and the basketball scenes were HILARIOUS, the scene with Rae Dawn Chong in the dorm room with his parents and the girl in his bed was HORRIBLY written. Poor Arye Gross was trying to squeeze juice from a turnip with all of his lines. The movie definitely had heart and charm and I was really interested in where it was going in the first 45 minutes or so, but it really fell flat after that.
I love this movie! The character arc of the defensive brat to a loving child at the end was a (albeit cheesy)tear jerker too. RIP Rutger,Gene,and Roger!
Barack Obama entered Harvard Law school just a couple years after this movie was made. I wonder if he encountered the same things as a white-acting, white-sounding, raised-in-white-family person but with black skin?
Why do we have to pretend malignancy doesn't exist in humanity or turn away from it when we see it. How does that help people who suffer from the evil of others. I think alot of people are fascinated by it and want to explore it, but from afar. Even this guy is probably fascinated and offended by his own inner desire to explore this kind of evil.
It doesn't have the substance to become a cult film and the ending is pretty pathetic. Also how come nobody is mentioning the shining rip off elements... the blood scene, the score with the deep cymbal sounds, the blowing up of the basement (boiler) etc...??
Comment section full of people white knighting blackface? Check. Look, it's not a minstrel show, but as Spike Lee said, it portrays black people as complete idiots. C. Thomas Howell is not remotely passable as a black man. No one would believe him for a second. While it does in places try to teach a message about the black experience to white people, it's a message taught through the lens of a white director and white screenwriter and white leading man. It's not just unnecessary, it's insulting.
