Buddy

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Buddy

In Theaters Aug 28

1h 35m

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Remember BUDDY--the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic children's television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room? Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.

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Sam Adams

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Jan 27

The movie’s hilarious and unsettling disjunctions come from the way it introduces genuine menace into Buddy’s world without needing to rewrite its rules, because the menace was already bubbling just under the surface.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

Jan 26

A delightfully bleak, but mostly missed opportunity.

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Chase Hutchinson

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Jan 26

Each time you think you’re seeing the daylight of something potentially better to explore on the horizon, "Buddy" keeps dragging you back into the banal darkness. Like the kids, you deserve far better than whatever this lackluster production amounts to.

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

Apr 17

8/10

Buddy is a hilarious, suspenseful, and heartfelt adventure turning millennial nostalgia into the stuff of nightmares.

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Rachel Wagner

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Feb 12

It is fun. It starts to take itself too seriously but overall people will have a good time with it

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Josh Korngut

Dread Central

Feb 7

3/5

Imperfect, yes, but films like ‘Buddy’ don’t come along very often, and filmmakers like Casper Kelly are even rarer.

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Remember BUDDY--the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic children's television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room? Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.

Director: Chris 'Casper' Kelly
Producer: Tyler Davidson, Drew Sykes, Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Tracy Rosenblum
Screenwriter: Chris 'Casper' Kelly, Jamie King
Distributor: Roadside Attractions / Saban Films
Production Co: BoulderLight Pictures, Low Spark Films, Sipur Studios, Substance
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 35m