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- 2020
- PG
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
- 2020
- PG
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
Summary A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
Directed By: Andy De Emmony
Written By: Jacqueline Wilson, Simon Lewis, Mark Oswin
- 2020
- PG
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
- 2020
- PG
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
Four Kids and It
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Summary A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
Directed By: Andy De Emmony
Written By: Jacqueline Wilson, Simon Lewis, Mark Oswin
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
42
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It's been a while since I've seen a silly baddie get the seat of his trousers set on fire, run around squawking, and then sit down in a water trough with an ecstatic sigh.
The modern retelling retains little of the charm and whimsy of the source material, in favor of a cloying story, a most unwelcome new character and some pretty cheesy special effects.
More curio than classic, Four Kids and It may hold children’s attention (and sometimes test adults’ patience) over the movie’s brief running time, but seems unlikely to inspire many a rewatch.
“Careful what you wish for” may have been the essential moral takeaway from the source books, but that wasn’t to discourage wishing for anything at all: In all respects, this serviceable but anodyne programmer could dream a bit bigger.
This should amuse the younger members of the family, but it's unlikely to offer much more to parents than a couple of hours' respite.
The kids and Caine are good, but this lacks the magic of its source novel(s). Younger children may enjoy it, but its attempts to entertain older viewers mostly fall flat.
Though the Psammead grants the children’s wishes . . . they come with a catch: a set up for an unimaginative moral lesson and nearly two hours of lukewarm familial bonding.
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