Memo to makers of family films: if you'd allow the movie to carry the message rather than letting the message wag the movie, kids wouldn't be so fast to declare them uncool as soon as they're old enough to see through the nacho-cheese topping to the good-for-you broccoli beneath. They might even realize that broccoli is pretty tasty all on its own. That said, John A. Davis' adaptation of John Nickle's fable about a brat who gets a taste of what it's like to be part of a persecuted minority contains flashes of real wit, when it's not hammering home commendable lessons like might doesn't make right; bullying is bad; oddballs have feelings, too; and from each according ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG
Length:
88 mins