An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it has a pretty good reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I have never been a huge fan of Roald Dahl's work and I never really enjoyed the movies adapted from his books. I mean, some of them were pretty good but none of them really blew me away (except 'The Fantastic Mr Fox) and this feature was not an exception. I mean, sure, it's not bad at all and there was indeed an interesting creepy mood, something you wouldn’t expect in a family feature like this one. However, to be honest, I didn't think the story was really entertaining whatsoever and like most of Roald Dahl's stories, I was rather bored during the whole thing. I don’t know, I always had a hard time to connect with his tales but, at least, Nicolas Roeg had an interesting directing style and Angelica Huston was perfectly cast (in fact, Roald Dahl himself was really pleased because she had always been a personal favorite for the role). To conclude, even though I didn’t like it much, it was still an interesting watch and it is worth a look especially if you enjoy Roald Dhal's books more than I do.

6/10