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Movie Info

Genre :

Action, Fantasy

Release Date :

October 05, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

David L. Cunningham

Starring :

Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Christopher Eccleston, Alexander Ludwig, Jonathan Jackson, Amelia Warner, Gregory Smith, Emma Lockhart, Edmund Entin

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2 of 4

“..starts out with promise but staggers under the weight of trying to take on too much..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 4

“..It is not that it is not entertaining; it is just that is not compelling..”
by Pam Grady [Reel.com]
1.5 of 4

“..comes off as silly and laughable..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret Morning News]
Review rate : B-

“..a serviceable but diminished story of an adolescent who finds his self-confidence and place in the world..”
by Gianni Truzzi [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
1.5 of 4

“..a puttering Potter without wit and whimsy..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Richard Jinman [Sydney Morning Herald]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Kosidowski [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by John Hartl [Seattle Times]
Reviewed by Kevin Crust [LA Times]

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