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Overview

Genre :

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama

Release Date :

February 14, 2008

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Mark Waters

Starring :

Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Izabella Miko, Sarah Bolger

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..It's an adventure, it's a tale of a family coming together, and it's also enormously good fun..”

by David Mercier [FilmJudge]

“..a suitable substitute for young adventurers..”

by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]

“..a really fun, fast-paced adventure story..”

by Michael Machosky [Pittsburgh Tribune Review]

“..a good movie for its type, but it rarely stops to let us marvel at the world it creates..”

by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

“..a big, implausible CGI payoff, lacking the necessary context to engage its audience...”

by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]

Review rate : B
Reviewed by Chris Farnsworth [E! Online]

Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]

Reviewed by Lisa Kennedy [Denver Post]

Reviewed by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Reviewed by Philip Marchand [Toronto Star]

Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

Reviewed by Carina Chocano [LA Times]

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