Bad. Absolutely dreadful.

Rating: 3/10 (11 February 2013)

There are many descriptive adjectives that can be used to describe this movie. Some of them that I would choose are: stereotypical; boorish; clichéd; pandering; far fetched; unimaginative; dreck.
Movies of this ilk have very little grounding in reality and a healthy dose of fantasy, and that is to be expected. But in any movie, there has to be - there HAS to be - period accurate character depictions to create the illusion of believability, even in it's most remote form. You wouldn't expect King George III to speak ebonics, nor would you expect Ice-T to quote Shakespeare perfectly in the Queen's English.
I think it is safe to say that movie makers in general cling to the falsehood that ALL medieval male Scots were nothing more than brutish, kilt-wearing, ale-swilling, axe wielding ogres who spoke with thick and unintelligible brogues, while the women were fair, red haired and blue eyed maidens and ladies in waiting - and ANY deviance from those molds is not to be expected. This movie is no different. Add to this that the teenager is a rebellious sort (and suffers from typical "my mother doesn't understand me" syndrome) and, well, we can see that this 90+ minute crusade will end in a manner that is so formulaic it could have spewed from the powerbook of the laziest Hollywood hack.
I'll sum it up: Mom has expectations for daughter. Daughter hates mom for it and rebells. Mother and daughter fight. Daughter does something she regrets. They go on a soul searching journey. Daughter loves mother. Mother and daughter reconcile. We all live happily ever after. Sound about right? Fair or unfair, believable or unbelievable, in the day and setting of this movie, girls simply did not rebel in the manner depicted in this movie. Plain and simple. This "90210" teenage drama mentality simply did not exist to the extent that this film would have you believe. This storyline would have been better suited to 1990 and not 1190.
Put all of these elements together, add a pinch of medieval witchcraft and - poof - you have a movie. Oh, and don't forget the comic relief that, in this movie, comes in the form of triplet little brothers instead of a cute, cuddly talking animal voiced by the comedian-of-the-month.
The only good thing about this movie was the fact that I rented it for $2 and didn't pay full price for my family to see it at the theatre. Given the choice, I'd rather waste $2 than $50. If you miss it, you aren't missing much.