Though it features Daniel Radcliffe in his first non-
Harry Potter role since he was cast as the boy wizard, director Ron Hardy's adaptation of Michael Noonan's beloved novel isn't really suitable for young kids: It deals far too directly, for the Hogwarts set, with sex and death. But this charming tale of a quartet of Australian orphans who share a life-altering holiday in the 1960s should appeal to sentimental adults old enough to wax nostalgic over their own adolescence.
Freckle-faced, four-eyed Misty (Lee Cormie) and his best friends — Spit (James Fraser), Sparks (Christian Byers) and Maps (Radcliffe), the eldest — are known collectively among the...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
105 mins