Was drawn into seeing 'Robert', with a cool poster/cover, an intriguing though far from original premise and as someone with a general appreciation for the genre it fits under. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there (though there are decent to good ones as well),made me though apprehensive.

It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws present in those films are here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'Robert' is really very bad, with so many huge flaws and doesn't do anywhere near enough with its potential, which was quite a good deal. There is very little good here in 'Robert'.

Only the titular doll passes muster as a redeeming quality, he is quite creepy and it is a shame that the rest of the film isn't.

Going on to the negatives, the story does feel over-stretched and some of it comes over as vague and under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less unsettled and never gaining momentum. All the characters are too sketchy and with cardboard thin and colourless personalities and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates. The chemistry is bland and unfocused.

The sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions),the effects are laughable and all of the acting is lacking severely on the whole, that's actually an understatement as the worst of it is horrendous from especially the mother. There is no sense of horror or engagement with the awful predicament they're in, and no connecting with the character, it just reeks of indifference which makes the viewer not care less too.

Dialogue can be stilted and rambling while the pace and film drags on forever, apparent from the very start, never recovering that interest is lost fast. The ending has no build-up and just ends ridiculously. Found too many of the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the lack of tension and suspense. Thrills are none, thanks to stodginess and excessive over-familiarity, and found myself never invested in the drama, which tended to be indifferently acted, interminably paced and statically directed.

A lot of 'Robert' has really dull and going nowhere plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you shocked are far from creative or unsettling. It all feels rather tame.

Nothing freaky or interesting, no development and too derivative, while everything is unimaginative and are more odd than scary, completely failing to show any sense of dread. There is nothing interesting or illuminating with what the film was trying to do and the drama is overwrought with no momentum and a lot of weirdness. The direction is leaden, got the sense their heart was not in it, and the music is ill-fitting. 'Robert' is very amateurish visually, too drearily lit and shows no care in the way it's shot. The editing has more continuity errors than one can count.

Altogether, very poor. 2/10 Bethany Cox

Based on a true so this is not as good as CHUCKY which was based on ROBERT before it was made.

I am not going to insult you by even mentioning the plot...the boy likes the doll, mom is on meds and dad doubts both mom and the boy who may both be mentally unstable.

Robert lacks the charisma of Chucky. Suzie Frances Garton is not Catherine Hicks either. The sound is choppy in the beginning, something that they later fixed. The early kitchen scene has the shadow of the microphone on the wooden cabinet...yes I saw it Andrew Jones if you didn't or cared. And what was with the American Flag flying over the neighbors place outside of the window? Where was this filmed anyway? I don't believe the inside of the house was the same house we saw from the outside. Not that it's a bad thing, only when it is obvious.

Outside of that, ROBERT is another in a serious of stories where puppets or wooden dolls overpower adults 3-4 times their size. If you haven't seen one of these before, this one is not a bad flick. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who meets that description over the age of 5. There is a "real story" of Robert Eugene Otto on Wikipedia. Acting could have been better too.

Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity. No dolls were harmed in the making of this film.

Yes pun very much intended and not only applied to the doll (talking about the stiff in my summary line). I think I'm being a bit kind in giving this a 2 instead of a 1 rating. This also makes you rethink how good other doll horror movies are. Whether they use humor or straight horror ... both of those things are missing here entirely.

Not even unintentionally funny can be added here. Rather dreadful and painful - obviously not in a good sense. After just one movie, I'm not judging whoever is involved in this. Whatever part they had in the making of it, usually we all grow and I do believe it is possible for anyone who took part in this, to be able to do way better. But this right here .. let's say, I watched it, so you wouldn't have to ... no really! Don't do it! For your own sake