- Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
- Release Date: Aug 23, 2002
- Starring: David Gallagher, Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Angarano
- Summary: Emily (Wood) is a spunky pre-teen who is entrusted with her young neighbors' most private and cherished secrets.
- Director: Blair Treu
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music, Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 19
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Mixed: 10 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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75The film is upbeat, wholesome, chirpy, positive, sunny, cheerful, optimistic and squeaky-clean. It bears so little resemblance to the more complicated worlds of many members of its target audience (girls 4 to 11) that it may work as pure escapism.
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60A teen-anxiety movie that leaves no doubt where it stands on "family values" and moral absolutes: It approves. The shock troops of the Cinema Without Limits army are unlikely to buy many tickets, but those who do will probably see the thing as sanctimonious pabulum -- even for its target audience of adolescents.
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58The kids in this syrupy family picture are spunky tykes and the adults are dolts, but Wood is worth watching because she's so clearly ready to play nobody's girl but her own.
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25It's a fable that descends rapidly into nonsense.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6