I've just watched this movie as it was shown this afternoon on TV, and boy I was very surprised.
There are so many movies in this kind of young-teen-family genre, but this is definitely one of the best. The underlying message of the movie was a basic 'don't keep secrets from your friends' in a very interesting way.
Everything was very true to life (except for the dinosaur bones maybe!) -- for example, when Phillip's older brother had been drinking, and been in the car with a friend who was too drunk to drive. Although he was only fourteen, the fact is that fourteen year olds do do that sort of thing -- whether it's nice or not, or whether it's right or not.
It was also good the way they had that massive twist towards the end, yet everything worked out very well in the end without being corny.
This is the sort of movie that isn't ground-breaking cinema (and doesn't try to be) but still is quite an entertaining way to spend an hour and a half.
There are so many movies in this kind of young-teen-family genre, but this is definitely one of the best. The underlying message of the movie was a basic 'don't keep secrets from your friends' in a very interesting way.
Everything was very true to life (except for the dinosaur bones maybe!) -- for example, when Phillip's older brother had been drinking, and been in the car with a friend who was too drunk to drive. Although he was only fourteen, the fact is that fourteen year olds do do that sort of thing -- whether it's nice or not, or whether it's right or not.
It was also good the way they had that massive twist towards the end, yet everything worked out very well in the end without being corny.
This is the sort of movie that isn't ground-breaking cinema (and doesn't try to be) but still is quite an entertaining way to spend an hour and a half.