I remember the TV series of 5 Children and It and enjoyed that and I enjoyed the movie version just as much.
During World War 1, five brothers and sisters are evacuated to their Uncle's creepy mansion where they make a very strange discovery. They come across a sand fairy that can grant wishes, but these only last until sunset. The children's' wishes include flying, having loads of gold and, best of all, a T-Rex which was wished by the Uncle's mad scientist young son after he had kidnapped the sand fairly to experiment on. The five children then return the sand fairly back to his lair and say goodbye to him at the end after their dad returns from war duty and is OK.
This is an excellent movie, great special effects and quite creepy at time too. Although this has a universal rating, some scenes including the T-Rex may be a little scary for really young viewers.
An excellent cast which includes: Johnaton Baily, Freddie Highmore, Tars Fitzgerald, Alex Jennings and well known British stars Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker and veteran comic Norman Wisdom in a cameo. With Eddie Izzard as the voice of It.
5 Children and It is essential viewing if you get the chance. Excellent.
Rating: 4 and a half stars out of 5.
During World War 1, five brothers and sisters are evacuated to their Uncle's creepy mansion where they make a very strange discovery. They come across a sand fairy that can grant wishes, but these only last until sunset. The children's' wishes include flying, having loads of gold and, best of all, a T-Rex which was wished by the Uncle's mad scientist young son after he had kidnapped the sand fairly to experiment on. The five children then return the sand fairly back to his lair and say goodbye to him at the end after their dad returns from war duty and is OK.
This is an excellent movie, great special effects and quite creepy at time too. Although this has a universal rating, some scenes including the T-Rex may be a little scary for really young viewers.
An excellent cast which includes: Johnaton Baily, Freddie Highmore, Tars Fitzgerald, Alex Jennings and well known British stars Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker and veteran comic Norman Wisdom in a cameo. With Eddie Izzard as the voice of It.
5 Children and It is essential viewing if you get the chance. Excellent.
Rating: 4 and a half stars out of 5.