Succumbing to the in-joke trend popular in children's films, Luc Besson's visually attractive movie spoils its own fantasy spell with anachronistic references and a quickly resolved story line. When he's not away at his British boarding school, clever young Arthur (Freddie Highmore) spends his summers in Connecticut with his granny (Mia Farrow); Arthur's parents (Penny Balfour, Doug Rand) are often too busy away from home to care for their son. Three years earlier, Arthur's grandfather went missing while searching for the African rubies he'd received years earlier as a gift of gratitude from an oversized Masai-like tribe. Grandfather hid the treasure in the magical w...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG
Length:
n/a