{"id":598963,"date":"2026-08-28T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/598963\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:02:09","slug":"review-its-playtime-kids-but-dont-even-think-of-escaping-buddy-a-twisted-faux-90s-artifact-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/598963\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: It&#039;s playtime, kids, but don&#039;t even think of escaping &#039;Buddy,&#039; a twisted faux-\u201990s artifact &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxQdm1hSTl0enlxSF9PZGtYWjJGOEVUaWVQMzNVdDdVSGZ6TVZ4WFdBbk5lWG8zUU4tZGpGeHl4cVUxTGhxVEQzUUJLcUNXdG1Xc0wwcGRsSjk3dDgwNzY3aTI3TjJQdVlPbkR1c3BLSVIyaGNubHBFVWJyVFlfVjBtSy1wejExd1NZYTY1RG9mWnl6Rmk1QTdZRFZvbmx4bkt4ang1T0Z4TkdpOHplQ3dDYmdodVBrVUJ2SzF6cXZfN0M0TUtHbzh3eUp0XzFHR0JjaWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Review: It&#8217;s playtime, kids, but don&#8217;t even think of escaping &#8216;Buddy,&#8217; a twisted faux-\u201990s artifact<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE5TdVFoWjFqQ3BiUXBWbHpaR01xeFVPT3lOc1k4MkFqdHk3Mm40MEViQ1ZLMnpZM2dPNWVWLU8tb3JVbVVpUTRuNFRHXzdCQ1Rqcjl6TTFzRjVLdzF6d1dyUm5SWnpPY09YVDdN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Buddy\u2019 Review: Cuddle Monster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFAycUVDeVItbV9sODNWVTBYcmFQeXdZNkJDRFQtZDZmellKaDZGREUwZ0l2UHEydEtjbHB0dGR6ZU1VUDQ3dXJPSjktM21wV1VPUUVoNHo0eDhkRG1NWEsyQUtBWmJnU1U1aVBtX21VXy1vNm8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barney, But Make It Horror: How &#8216;Buddy&#8217; Brought a Niche Filmmaker Into the Mainstream<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Time Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1Bb0xrWUN1ajExRC03Sk9fcVRESzhrdUFGbmxGRG9YR3lRdjdPay1YVkUxbFI1MFFvbFh3bEFBQnpXQTlqbnlkalBMblVmQnJKTTBRaE9GYktqcERKb0N6Yk16WGRZT19hWkR0bS05VVhhRVFqb3ZCN2RBc2otWTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Twisted Horror Comedy \u2018Buddy\u2019 Will Make You Stop Believing in God<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Esquire<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFBURHNrY28tVGRtdG5OdXdtUWl0XzREaTVDM3JMNnJNazhvaEJsbmNlTlZ0cEhCLUx1WWRBS0VDOTR4TVdCTGRtSTJjX2Vtc0RlVW03U2RCOFRWQWNnQnhVZmkyOWxfRlZVTGl0TDIwUUxPYXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buddy review: Casper Kelly&#8217;s kid&#8217;s-show horror film has the correct number of cooks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Roger Ebert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Review: It&#8217;s playtime, kids, but don&#8217;t even think of escaping &#8216;Buddy,&#8217; a twisted faux-\u201990s artifact&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times\u2018Buddy\u2019 Review:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[270860,270858,41393,243338,16337,270857,146,192116,85,46,270854,28344,270861,397,72166,1529,270859,270856,270855],"class_list":["post-598963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-adult-size-puppet","tag-boxy-tv-framing","tag-boy","tag-buddy","tag-child","tag-crack-design-team","tag-entertainment","tag-grace","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kelly-shift","tag-kid","tag-low-rent-kiddie-programming","tag-movies","tag-playtime","tag-review","tag-semi-philosophical-blend","tag-show-business","tag-suspicious-freddy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}