Please Don’t Feed the Children – Movie Review
First Reaction – Please Don’t Feed the Children creates a chilling story in a disturbing future.
Director: Destry Allyn Spielberg
Writer: Paul Bertino (Screenplay)
Cast
- Michelle Dockery (Flight Risk)
- Zoe Colletti (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
- Andrew Liner
- Dean Scott Vazquez (In the Heights)
- Regan Aliyah (Ironheart)
Plot: A gang of orphans travels to the south in quest of a new life after a viral outbreak decimates the adult population of the nation, only to find themselves at the mercy of a psychotic woman who is hiding a perilous secret.
Runtime: 1 Hour 34 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Please Don’t Feed the Children starts when the world has turned into chaos after a viral outbreak. Only the children remained unaffected and turned on by the adults. Mary (Colletti) meets another group of orphans and claims to have a route to safety.
After their safehouse is discovered, they have no choice but to join Mary. However, they encounter problems on the route and take shelter in an estranged woman, Clara’s (Dockery) home. To the surprise of the orphans, Clara has other plans for them and puts them through a psychotic series of tasks.
Verdict on Please Don’t Feed the Children
Recap
The movie follows a viral outbreak where adults have mostly been wiped out. However, the children remained immune and exiled by the adults. One small group of orphans try to escape their world, but gets captured by a psychotic woman.
Best Parts
The idea that the world has ended and the children are the only ones who are immune is an interesting take. It brings a fear of not being able to help the children and them needing to know which adults to trust. We get surprises along the way, as it becomes more of a battle to survive the attacks. The performances a chilling with Michelle Dockery carrying the disturbing role.
Worst Parts
The downside comes from seeing the world end, but we could have had the same story with any runaway. It doesn’t seem to gain any peril from the viral outbreak idea.
Final Thoughts – Please Don’t Feed the Children has a chilling story.
