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Visually beautiful, emotionally complex
PostedOctober 18, 2009
rebeccamo
from Brooklyn, NY
I've been looking forward to this movie for a long time and I really enjoyed it. It captures the spirit of the book so well, and it's truly visually stunning (I grew up with the book and recognized many of the screen shots as mirroring the book's illustrations). I thought Max was PERFECT--the character was spot-on and his acting was excellent. The one thing left to be desired was a stronger plot for the island. I can't decide whether the string of somewhat random episodes was intentionally in the spirit of a child's imagination or underdeveloped writing, but I found myself a bit restless through some of it. Still, I highly recommend it--just don't go in expecting a neatly structured story as you would get from Disney, etc.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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