I just saw the world premiere of Moonacre at the Toronto International Film Festival. Gabor Czupo (the director) was there, as well as Dakota Blue Richards and Augustus Prew.
The film was beautiful to watch--the sets were gorgeous and the scenery magical. The huge menacing moon bearing down on Moonacre was an amazing effect. Maria's outfits were worth watching just on their own!
There are many changes from the book (The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge). I thought the ending they invented was a lot more effective than the ending in the book. However, I was very disappointed with how they changed Robin's character, and cut way back on Maria and Robin's partnership and completed eliminated their romance. Many subsidiary characters were eliminated as well.
Miss Heliotrope provides most of the humour in the film--and Juliet Stevenson has great comedic timing. Tim Curry is just a caricature as Cocq de Noir. Dakota shows lots of spunk and determination and the final underwater scene is very powerful. In a couple of her outfits they let her show some cleavage, which surprised me a bit. But the director didn't allow any sparks to fly between her and Robin (Prew).
Children and young teens should enjoy the movie. There's no swearing and the violence is only mildly scary.
The film was beautiful to watch--the sets were gorgeous and the scenery magical. The huge menacing moon bearing down on Moonacre was an amazing effect. Maria's outfits were worth watching just on their own!
There are many changes from the book (The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge). I thought the ending they invented was a lot more effective than the ending in the book. However, I was very disappointed with how they changed Robin's character, and cut way back on Maria and Robin's partnership and completed eliminated their romance. Many subsidiary characters were eliminated as well.
Miss Heliotrope provides most of the humour in the film--and Juliet Stevenson has great comedic timing. Tim Curry is just a caricature as Cocq de Noir. Dakota shows lots of spunk and determination and the final underwater scene is very powerful. In a couple of her outfits they let her show some cleavage, which surprised me a bit. But the director didn't allow any sparks to fly between her and Robin (Prew).
Children and young teens should enjoy the movie. There's no swearing and the violence is only mildly scary.