I saw "Come Play", starring Azhy Robertson-Marriage Story, Beyond the Night; Gillian Jacobs-Community_tv, Hot Tub Time Machine 2; John Gallagher Jr.-10 Cloverfield Lane, Jonah Hex and Eboni Booth-The Punisher_tv, Daredevil_tv.
This is a horror movie that is based on a 2017 short film. It's a little different than the usual monster movies because Larry-the name of the creature-is just looking for a friend. 'Won't you be my neighbor....Ahem, I mean friend?' Azhy is a child with a speaking problem; he doesn't speak. He uses an app on his phone to do his speaking for him. He also uses an iPad, which is where he first comes across Larry. Larry lives in another dimension and uses smart phones and other mobile devices to try to materialize into our world. He uses incredible amounts of electricity while doing so-lights will dim or break when he is near. Gillian and John are Azhy's parents, who don't know how to handle him so they seek out the help of a professional doctor, Eboni. You might wonder how everyone knows anything about Larry. That's because there is a story on the iPad that explains everything you need to know about Larry-it's written much like a children's story, with pictures. Whenever Larry finds a candidate to be his friend, all he has to do is touch hands-like shaking a friends' hand-and they will accompany Larry back to his dimension.
It's rated "PG-13" for terror, frightening images and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 36 minutes.
I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.
Review of Come Play
