Following a promising trailer, and after a nicely-played off-kilter opening, The Boy turns out to be a rather dull and dopey affair. Along the way it packs in a large number of genre clichés and a couple of decent jump scares, all leading up to a routine finale that is quite jaw-droppingly silly. As far as creepy-doll movies go, this is certainly no Trilogy Of Terror or Dead Of Night, and it even lacks the energy or fun of an average Chucky movie. The Boy is a good-looking film with some excellent sound placement, but it is simply rather tedious to sit through.
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