This starts off feeling like an adult surreal, mind-bending, possibly psychotropic kind of affair - but quickly changes into something more family friendly.
After about fifteen minutes we are made aware that the world contains all sorts of fantasy type characters and it gets a bit more fluffy - the Jim Henderson tag should be a give away.
The main character is very good and not your typical hero and the supporting cast all do a great job - Sam Neil is obviously having a lot of fun here.
The story unfolds and interesting stuff happens until it all ends. Pretty much what a film should do.
As I was watching interesting characters stepped from behind the curtain then dash off again.
It gave me the sneaking feeling that this is actually a part of a series of books?
I was spot on - it looks like there are eight of them at time of writing.
This means that if you like this there are likely to be more on the way but it does mean this isn't a film that stands solely on its own and some scenes are clearly foreshadowing.
A good fun family film with some silly fantasy elements that kids will love and adults can relax to.
After about fifteen minutes we are made aware that the world contains all sorts of fantasy type characters and it gets a bit more fluffy - the Jim Henderson tag should be a give away.
The main character is very good and not your typical hero and the supporting cast all do a great job - Sam Neil is obviously having a lot of fun here.
The story unfolds and interesting stuff happens until it all ends. Pretty much what a film should do.
As I was watching interesting characters stepped from behind the curtain then dash off again.
It gave me the sneaking feeling that this is actually a part of a series of books?
I was spot on - it looks like there are eight of them at time of writing.
This means that if you like this there are likely to be more on the way but it does mean this isn't a film that stands solely on its own and some scenes are clearly foreshadowing.
A good fun family film with some silly fantasy elements that kids will love and adults can relax to.