A bit late to the party on this movie but my local theater sucks and only got it in this week.
This film has a kid as it's driving character and is definitely aimed at them. I know how much kids movies affected me as a kid, this movie, directed my Martin Scorsese, will certainly crate a similar drive in kids who see it.
Anyway, this is a thinly veiled movie about movies. Movies from the Silent Era. The dawn of film making. I felt like I was reliving my entire Intro To Film Studies class. I knew all the stories and background of the old films mentioned. Surprisingly, the one with the fire fighters wasn't shown.
It's a really good story with a lot of heart. Like City of Ember with dreams of what could be instead of what was.
The purpose is to remind us of the magic of filmmaking. It's ability to express our dreams, take us to places we couldn't normaly go, to vicaciously live through alternate realities we'd never want to experience and so on.
It takes place in England Paris in the 1920s, and I couldn't help thinking of the time of Sweeney Todd, but that's another story. What's great about this time is that movies are still new, undiscovered art forms, though not to everyone at that time.
This was A LOT better than I thought it was going to be. I was expecting a solid 3 out of 5, or less. I'd rate it 4/5, if for Director indulgence. Kids don't know that though, so igoring that this was surprisingly solid.
Sacha Baron Cohen gives a convincing and committed performance as a bobby as well.
Put it on your list to see. Where? Theater, DVD, Family Channel... I'll leave that to repliers.
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