Wizard-8 I think that it's safe to say that most, if not all of us viewers of "Playdate", have seen this basic premise many times before. So the movie does not get any points for originality of its premise. However, the movie does get points for trying very hard to be a more realistic than usual take on this premise. Throughout most of the movie, I kept saying to myself, "Yes, I can believe this" to what the characters were saying and doing. However, apparently in the quest to make this movie feel more realistic, the filmmakers forgot to make the drama compelling. The movie is really slow, really padded out, and is desperately missing enough thrills to engage the viewer. This is capped by a climax and ending that has enough head-scratching details to frustrate viewers significantly, and is definitely not a satisfying payoff. Actually, after watching the movie and thinking about it, I realized that there were additional questions brought up in the movie that weren't answered as well. So I can't recommend this movie despite it having some positive and fresh features.

Chxface Please do not waste 1 1/2 hours of your life on this crappy flick. Acting was atrocious, script was lame and the overall execution of the movie could have been better if it was made by high school kids.

jtncsmistad It's not that "Playdate" is a bad flick. It's just so plain vanilla horror/thriller stock stuff that it makes watching paint dry seem downright rousing. The only mildly intriguing dynamic here is that evil resides mere steps away next door in this cookie-cutter L.A. burb.So how well ya know your neighbors there, huh?

ivegonemod I can't for the life of me figure out why I continued to watch this even after I knew for sure it was a waste of time. While I wouldn't actually say that it was ever going good, it wasn't all that bad for a little while. The female lead, I don't even remember her name was just so annoying! It seemed like she was looking for trouble most of the time, when there wasn't even any real reason to get so carried away. I hate characters who are just so convinced that that "know" something. Why did she keep allowing her daughter to play with Billy even when she was convinced the family was off? Billy as well as most of the characters were so one dimensional, I found myself unable to connect with or care about any of them, but the younger son just seemed to do things for no reason. The daughter would complain about him and go right back to playing with him with a smile on her face. I guess she didn't find his rough behavior all that odd, how many times did this girl have to get pushed? The whole scene with the guy stalking the house and then busting in and fighting with the husband was just stupid, the way the next scenes played out were even dumber. The detective was a total idiot, and the story was just awkward. Finally we learn that the older son is a nut bag, at this point I couldn't have cared one iota less. When he went from good guy to bad guy all we saw was a stupid sly grin on his face. That grin was so annoying. I wish everyone had been killed.