A good movie

Honestly, I found it rather difficult to review this movie. I mean, the fact that we know this tale back and forth make it really difficult to enjoy this movie. In my opinion, if it was the first adaptation, it would be really mind-blowing. At least, you have to admit that the whole thing looked really good and I thought there was also a decent cast (Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lynn Redgrave, Olivia Williams, Ludivine Sagnier). Above all, it was really faithful to the original story which it was its blessing but also its curse. Indeed, as it is so faithful, you already know what’s going to happen next every 30 seconds and it makes the whole thing sometimes a little bit tedious to watch. Still, I thought it was pretty good and I enjoyed it. For P. J, Hogan , who went from a nice indie debut (‘Muriel's Wedding’ ) to a huge blockbuster (‘My Best Friend's Wedding’), it is yet another intriguing director effort. Too bad he made also some pretty tedious flicks (‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’, ‘ Unconditional Love’). Anyway, even though it is not really original and didn’t add much to this tale, I thought it was a gorgeous version, I really liked it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you don’t know what to watch with your kids.

7/10