Children's Play

Children's Play

What if evil come from the peoples you love the most ?

Directed by Laurent Tuel

Produced by Bee Movies

200185 min4.9 / 10

A supernatural horror-thriller about a family's domestic sanctuary invaded by malevolent forces, exploring how evil can emerge from the people closest to us.

Marianne and Jacques are a young middle-class couple who live in a chic Parisian apartment with their two young children. One day, Marianne receives an unexpected visit from two strangers, Mr and Mrs Worms, who claim to have lived in the apartment when they were children and who ask if they can just take a look around their former home. Marianne agrees, but no sooner have the mysterious Worms left than things take an inexplicable turn for the worse...

Questions people ask

  • Is Children's Play scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Does Children's Play end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Children's Play easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Children's Play sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Children's Play violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Children's Play

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Children's Play

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Children's Play, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Children's Play, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Children's Play, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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