An average movie

I don't know why exactly but, somehow, I had some rather high expectations before watching this flick. Eventually, it wasn't bad but I can't say I was blown away by the whole thing either. Basically, the major appeal was to see Shia LaBeouf before he made it big with ‘Indiana Jones 4’ and the ‘Transformers’ franchise. And indeed, LaBeouf definitely displayed some potential and delivered a convincing performance. On the other hand, I thought that Sigourney Weaver's performance was a little too over the top for me but I guess it has to do with the tone which remained rather sweet since it was a family feature. Furthermore, I thought that the story was not really fascinating whatsoever but, still, it was entertaining enough. I don’t know, in my opinion, I think the whole thing really had some potential and it could have been better if it would have been a little bit darker. Since it is a Disney production, of course, there was a fairly good chance that this production wouldn’t be too risky and would be really faithful to rules of the genre. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it remains a decent and well made family feature and it is worth a look but keep your expectations low.

6/10