Some surprisingly good acting and effects, but I needed more plot and character development. It does the "evil kid" thing well, but the whole movie is isolated to "kid being evil" and never breaches why. With a monster movie, you can have this big unknowable beast reek havoc, but with a human, especially a young kid, I gotta know more. We don't learn a fucking thing about Mikey and it's not always clear when he's being earnest and when he's fucking with us. It's okay for what it is, but it's not enough to carry an entire movie.
Some surprisingly good acting and effects, but I needed more plot and character development. It does the "evil kid" thing well, but the whole movie is isolated to "kid being evil" and never breaches why. With a monster movie, you can have this big unknowable beast reek havoc, but with a human, especially a young kid, I gotta know more. We don't learn a fucking thing about Mikey and it's not always clear when he's being earnest and when he's fucking with us. It's okay for what it is, but it's not enough to carry an entire movie.