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Steve Buscemi,
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Gil Kenan,
David Hyman,
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: Sony Pictures
: Kids, Animated, Animation
: 91 min.
: English, French
: English, French
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A suburban home has become physically animated by a vengeful human soul looking to stir up trouble from beyond the grave, and it's up to three adventurous kids from the neighborhood to do battle with the structural golem in this comically frightful tale, directed by Gil Kenan and featuring the voices of Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Kevin James. DJ Harvard (voice of Mitchel Musso) lives directly across the street from a most unusual house. A malevolent entity that longs to feed on the energy of the living, the once peaceful house that looms ominously outside of DJ's bedroom window would like nothing more than the chance to feast on the children of the neighborhood. As Halloween begins to draw near and the children of the neighborhood prepare for another long night of trick-or-treating, it appears as if it may be the house that is in for the biggest treat of all. Now, with the adults turning a deaf ear to DJ's strange findings, it's up to the brave young boy and his faithful friends Chowder (voice of Sam Lerner) and Jenny (Spencer Locke) to break through the barrier of the supernatural and defeat the powers of darkness before the house grows too powerful to fight. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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| Underrated kiddie spookfest
by underdog
February 28, 2008 - 8:09 PM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Young directors Kenan and Hyman were hired right out of film school for this fun frightfest and fare well; if it's no Pixar classic, it comes about as close to that studio's CGI successes as any non-Pixar film has done. It's odd at times, has a few scenes that are too scary for younger kids, and have parts closer to the end where it begins to overstay its welcome. All that may have contributed to why it wasn't a box office bonanza (though no dud either). But excellent child characterizations, great voice acting, an unpretentious sense of humor and a darned good yarn at the center make it well above average. The Halloween 1980s setting warmed my heart, too. It's no classic, but deserves a better fate than it received. Rent it on Halloween: Kids will dig it and be properly creeped out. |
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