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Genre :

Action, Fantasy

Release Date :

October 05, 2007

MPAA Rating :

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 Readers Be the 1st!

“..starts out with promise but staggers under the weight of trying to take on too much..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

“..It is not that it is not entertaining; it is just that is not compelling..”

by Pam Grady [Reel.com]

“..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]

“..a puttering Potter without wit and whimsy..”

by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

Reviewed by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]

Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]

Reviewed by Richard Jinman [Sydney Morning Herald]

Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]

Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]

Reviewed by Paul Kosidowski [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]

Reviewed by John Hartl [Seattle Times]

Reviewed by Kevin Crust [LA Times]

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