gutless rehash

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2002)

i was forced to take 5 young cousins to see this at emerald isle over thanksgiving weekend 2001. while it was pretty, it was nothing i hadn't seen before. (i watch quite a lot of fantasy and sci films) i was amazed at how many people thought this was some groundbreaking, startlingly wonderful work. especially how many people told me i should read the book, which i happened to find in a bookcase of the beach house where our extended family was staying. suffice it to say, the whole thing sounded cribbed from roald dahl. this author obviously hardly had an original idea in her life. the entire story is like a cobbled together mishmash of bits of others ideas.
final words: LET'S MAKE MOVIES OF DESERVING BOOKS INSTEAD OF SH**!! and please can somebody make a childrens film where the scary parts are actually scary? don't dumb it down. children are people too.