My family and I just watched this and enjoyed it. If you want a gentle, young children appropriate, not-scary hallowe'en movie with a happy ending, this one may suit. It's not supposed to be a Hollywood blockbuster. It's for a young audience that still believes that magic can be real and good things still happen.
Plot summary
A magician with a mysterious secret lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers.
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November 07, 2020 at 08:00 PM
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A sweet, family friendly movie
Great story spoiled by some awful direction
Watched this film tonight with my 10 and 13 year old boys. Took a little while to get into it but loved the children and the storyline. Had some great themes for kids with magic, bullies, family, halloween and an adorable orphan all combined to make an entertaining film. I especially liked that they had used a real black panther instead of some CGI effect (really hate how they've used a CGI cat in the new Witches film!). However, what could have been a really fantastic film was spoiled for me and the kids by the odd choice of jarring, mismatched music in places and the terrible slow mos and camera work. At one point they switched to an outside shot of the house about 5 times for no real reason (and this shot was the fakest looking thing in the whole movie!) Think this film would have really benefited from a talented director. At times, it came across very pantomimish. Nevertheless, the ending, though predictable, managed to bring a tear to my eye and, all in all, I would recommend it as an enjoyable family film.
Cute
Cute, but they told my kids the tooth fairy was really his mom. ?