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  • 2007
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary The Dark is Rising tells the story of Will Stanton, who learns on the eve of his 11th birthday that he is actually the last of the "Old Ones," a group of immortal warriors and guardians dedicated to fighting the forces of the Dark. The Dark is amidst its last great Rising to defeat the Light and take free will from the human race forever...

Directed By: David L. Cunningham

Written By: John Hodge, Susan Cooper

  • 2007
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 39 m

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
38
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 19 User Ratings
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Summary The Dark is Rising tells the story of Will Stanton, who learns on the eve of his 11th birthday that he is actually the last of the "Old Ones," a group of immortal warriors and guardians dedicated to fighting the forces of the Dark. The Dark is amidst its last great Rising to defeat the Light and take free will from the human race forever...

Directed By: David L. Cunningham

Written By: John Hodge, Susan Cooper

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
38
19% Positive
4 Reviews
52% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
38
19% Positive
4 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
29% Negative
6 Reviews

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67
The movie has a lot going for it, including wonderful sets and locations - in Bucharest, Romania! - that create a heightened-reality English hamlet with pub, church, manor and shops (make that shoppes!). And the lead actor, Ludwig, registers the growth spurts of the stripling hero with the sensitivity and precision of an emotional seismograph.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
63
At its best, The Seeker is a pretty vivid fantasy book come-to-life; it does a decent, passable job of adding to the canon of kid-lit flicks.
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32% Positive
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32% Mixed
6 Ratings
37% Negative
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Tyranian
Apr 13, 2019
This kids fantasy adventure film has some okay elements but is quite derivative and not well written.
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MovieLonely94
Jun 11, 2011
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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50
Feels passé and lacks a charismatic lead. Too bad Daniel Radcliffe is an only child.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Starts out with promise but staggers under the weight of trying to take on too much. The tone is murky: The story attempts to blend adolescent angst with fantasy adventure, and the result is rather clunky.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
40
This movie is a particular disappointment. Although The Seeker is in Walden's tradition of positive storytelling, John Hodge's script is guilty of downright goofy utterances on occasion.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
38
A kid unversed in other name-brand fantasy movies might go for The Seeker, but in 2007 it's redundant, a puttering Potter without wit and whimsy.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
0
None of this made a lick of sense to me, nor did it appear to be all that obvious to either the cast or screenwriter Hodge, whose work here feels as though he'd given up in frustration halfway through before deciding to see how far he could push the vaguely Harry Potter-esque shenanigans before getting sacked.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
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MovieGuys
Mar 22, 2014
This movie had good intentions, but the end result is a dismal one. The story wobbles and limps throughout the film, and by the end it falls down and lands with an impact.
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chrischarles
May 10, 2020
Just bad and terrible. The dialogue is literal and the movie was just overall boring.
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sivaruthvik
Jan 19, 2014
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Production Company Twentieth Century Fox, Walden Media, Marc Platt Productions
Release Date Oct 5, 2007
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Even the smallest of light... shines in the darkness
Website https://www.hotstar.com/id/movies/the-seeker/1770015367
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