Michael's Movie Grade:C-
Review: Enjoyable time passer, nothing more, nothing less. This film is unspectacular, but nothing you will regret seeing.
The best thing about this film is Slappy the Dummy. The puppetry on him was fantastic, and he was voiced great by Jack Black (I prefered this performance over his live action one in this film where he has an accent that is impossible to guess what accent it is). While not exactly terrifying, he is legitimately creepy. Unfortunately with all the monsters in this film he is the only one given enough to do to be an actual character (though the camera seems to fixate on a clown that is barely given anything to do).
The romance is cliche and overly predictable, but harmless. The jokes are hit and miss, but those that do hit are surprisingly good. Unfortunately a twist on a twist happens near the end and without giving anything away is awful.
Overall an enjoyable time passer, but will never be remembered as a great movie.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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