america 's favorite homicidal plaything takes a wicked wife in " bride of chucky , " and their unholy matrimony is something old , nothing new .
the burning question on the minds of most moviegoers , however , has nothing to do with nuptial specifics or even how the movie stacks up , but rather whether or not the duo gets down and dirty on their blood - soaked honeymoon .
the answer is a sick - and - twisted yes - and viewers are treated to a shadowy glimpse of some hot - enough - to - melt - rubber ( or at least singe it )
lovin' .
guess they 're anatomically correct .
chucky ( again voiced by brad dourif )
, of course , is the star of the " child 's play " series , a my buddy - type doll possessed by the spirit of a slain serial killer .
in " bride , " the plot ( heh )
picks up with his girlfriend tiffany ( jennifer tilly ) resurrecting chucky 's remains ( he was blown up at the end of " child 's play 3 " ) with the help of a black arts manual called " voodoo for dummies . " silly mortal .
before long , she 's also been reduced to shin - high figurine status , and the plastic incarnations of these one - time lunatic lovebirds hit the road to scope out some potential new human bodies .
the rest of this rocky horror puppet show plays out as tiff and the chuckster stalk a young couple ( nick stabile and katherine heigl ) with conjugal plans of their own , leading them towards a new jersey grave where a magical , soul - transferring amulet allegedly lies in wait . along the way , our murderous barbie and ken go through post - marriage motions similar to any given pair of newlyweds - bicker , argue , kiss and make up .
but when they squabble over who 's going to do the dishes , watch out .
hey , even faux people have got to work through their problems .
director ronny yu keeps the mayhem flashy and stages an inventive scene or two , but not even visual flair can make up for the fact that these creepy kewpies are neither scary nor menacing .
when one of them charges , it 's nothing a good forward punt could n't take care of .
and when a climactic chase scene is needed , one of the dim - bulb protagonists must _ pick_chucky_up _
so the demonic toy can force his hostage to run at gunpoint .
throw in some silly casualties and a ridiculous ending
( will " son of chucky " be next ? ) and this is a bizarrely bad 89-minutes at the movies .
as is the thing to do in post- " scream
" slasher cinema , don mancini 's screenplay slathers on the in - jokes and genre - parody . but
little of the humor succeeds , proving self - reference can be completely worthless when it lacks bite . to be fair , though , most of " bride of chucky " is on auto - pilot , so it 's not quite right to single out one misfired aspect of the film .
similarly shaky , the acting ranges from screeching camp to boring bland , the effects are n't that special and
the story is one big groaner .
here 's hoping chucky and his entire clan - past , present and future - rest in peace .
these creepy kewpies are neither scary nor menacing the story is one big groaner similarly shaky , the acting ranges from screeching camp to boring bland the answer is a sick - and - twisted yes the plot ( heh ) throw in some silly casualties and a ridiculous ending completely worthless when it lacks bite little of the humor succeeds