ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

movieman_kev After young Joey's father dies, he starts to make his various toys come to life, including his friend, R2D2. He also begins to whom he believes to be his dead father via his red toy telephone. Turns out not to be his father, but an evil ventriloquist dummy (and really is there any other kind?). The dummy soon makes little Joey's life a nightmare. Not that his life was all roses before, mind you. He's the type of kid to be heavily bullied. This movie scared the poo out of me as a kid and I could see it still doing so if I were still a kid. But like "the Boogens", it hasn't aged well in the least. Who the hell would show this film to a little kid anyway?? now THAT'S just bad parenting right there.My Grade: D 2-disc DVD Extras: both 79 & 98 minute versions of the film; and 2 theatrical Trailers for the American version, 1 for the German one

jswraven I remember watching this on video for my 10th or 11th birthday. That little demented dummy scared the p**s out of us! Now, I was never a horror fan and had never really seen a horror flick before that, so my sense of 'scary/not scary' had yet to be tarnished. So, if you have a 10 year old who isn't into slasher horror flicks, but wants something a little scary, go for it. (We also watched the 80's version of "Invaders from Mars" and thought it was pretty cool--for what it's worth.)

Rattrap007 A perfect candidate for MST3K! Blatantly rips off stuff from other movies. Summary is as follows:9 year old Joey's dad dies (He is beter off NOT appearing in this film anyway). About a week later Joey get's a call from his dad on his toy phone. I mean come on the kid is supposed to be 9! Isn't he a little old for a little toy phone? Not only that but you can see he has Sesame Street curtains. He has a toy robot with a mind of it's own that looks a bit like R2-D2 with arms and eyes. He get's teased at school because the other kids know he is a loser after he tells them about his talk with daddy. Anyway when he chases that stupid robot into an old house up the hill he finds a ventriloquist dummy. But it is EVIL!! Also we now learn Joey is a very powerful telekinetic and can move stuff with his mind. (Yeah right!) Believe it so far? I didn't think so. He tries to bury it but his stupid teacher sees him running away and returns the doll. Anyway he learns Joey's secret and calls in people from the local college to investigate this unexplained happening. Well the bullies aren't gonna let him get away that easily. They plan to sneak past everyone and do something to Joey. But the doll is in the old house the bullies are using as a fort and traps them there. A little girl Joey likes tells him what happened and they go to save them. The bullies are scared by their nightmares (Darth Vader, fat kid see's a giant killer hamburger, etc) Joey saves them, the doll get's defeted, and joey dies. The paramedics can't save him. All of a sudden all his toys come alive like in the start of the film. Plus Star Wars toys move and fly on their own (Eat your heart out ILM!) and the final shot is of Joey's eyes opening indicating he is alive again. Like I said. VERY farfetched. It is a crappy kids film. Just plain bad!

alasdair36 This movie made absolutely no sense to me. This kid's Dad dies, and a few years (maybe months ?) later, he starts talking to him on his toy phone , and also gets poltergeist-type messages through his other toys ???!!! It makes me think this movie is about the day dreams of an insane child. Also, I don't see any horror in this film. Aside from the flat/over acting, and a very horrible storyline , and the whole plot, it's the best movie I've ever seen ! (I'm being sarcastic here)