IMDb plot summary: A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of violent behavior.
Directed by Joseph Ruben. Starring Macauley Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, and Daniel Hugh Kelly.
I'll grant you, it's really hard to write children well, much less evil kids. And finding a kid who who can act that is possibly even more difficult. That being said... Macauley Culkin is AWFUL in this movie, and his dialogue sounds like it's been written for a 30-year-old man, not a 10-year-old boy. Elijah Wood's character is much better written, making him a very likable protagonist (even if his weird "my mom has been reincarnated into my aunt's body" obsession is a bizarre unanswered subplot) but every scene featuring Culkin's character is almost painful to watch. Movies about kids rarely work for me, and this is one example of why.
1 star.
Flickchart: #1711 out of 2070, below Cruel Intentions and above Out of the Past.
Rent it digitally on Amazon.
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I was just telling someone the other day that I wouldn't consider Culkin a good child actor because he delivers his lines in the exact same tone in every movie. This is a good example!
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