Child's Play-time is Over

Rating: 3/10 (7 March 2019)

This movie came out 10 years ago, but was a decade late even then.
Wow, for such an overlong film, the movie was so uneven, badly edited, predictable and never paid off in its many, many ideas and characters. And not to mention, this had fantastic actors doing their worst acting jobs.
A rich family of four decide on a fifth after a stillborn member never entered their life. So, adoption it is! What a bad idea that was. Okay, normally, it's not, but this is was one bad seed.
Sadly, a podcast I adore and listen to regularly spoiled this movie's main twist. (SHAME ON YOU, SHOCKWAVES.) Now, that was many episodes ago and since I hadn't seen this, I wasn't 100% sure this was the movie they spoiled. Once I did finish it, yeah, they spoiled the hell out of it. (Again, SHAME ON YOU, SHOCKWAVES.)
So, I was expecting that twist, though I was hoping a little more went along with the spoiler. Nope. Nothing was added to it. Now, of course, I won't reveal the ending, and you might not see it coming. If you do end up wanting to see this mess of a film, you might enjoy it because it's not really foretold. I'll give the movie kudos for that.
But, I won't budge on my feelings on how uneven and unnecessarily long it all was. Additionally, the actions of some characters are so painfully obvious and the inaction of others, so unrealistic. I never stopped disbelieving most of this movie and always hated all the bad edit cuts.
I'm not 100% disappointed, however. The house and treehouse sets were pretty good looking, I loved the constant snow (but then, I love winter) and the title character's acting was pretty good for her age.
Okay, it's slightly recommended for the locations, Lil Orphan's acting and people who want 1990s horror movie nostalgia, albeit 10 years too late. But, barely. Adopt this at your own risk.
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Final thoughts: To be fair, while the podcast, Shockwaves, is pretty detailed - though sometimes TOO DETAILED - on their descriptions of horror films, they rarely completely spoil a movie like this. They get damn close at times, but never this blunt. I was so hoping throughout this experience I was wrong on their spoiler and this never-seen-by-me film, but it was ALWAYS in the front of my mind. So, one final time: SHAME ON YOU, SHOCKWAVES.