An adaptation of a childrens books renders further pitfalls. Generate a winning selection and shiny medals are pinned to the chest. Screw up and you're hamburger. The first land mine the film's producers stepped on was the last. The American cable station, Nickelodeon, should've been relegated to potato peeling and latrine duty and not gauging the coordinates.
Kids dig it.
Nick's methodology is way, way, outta synch with the spirit of Louise Fitzhugh's award-winning book. The novel is a celebration of individuality. Nick's full-scale modernization stands as an unmitigated disaster. Like Custer's butt whipping at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Confusing rapid fire sequences.