Another good kid’s movie to be released last year and one my kids thoroughly enjoyed. They sat glued to couch as the movie went on.
This movie did a good job of world building for Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost. Then they did a good job of creating some interesting characters to inhabit these worlds. It still amazes me that children’s cartoons have more in depth story lines and characterization than live action movies. I am constantly amazed by this and will continue to be amazed by this as time goes on. This was a movie that earned all of the emotion that was woven throughout it, none of it felt cheap. One of my favorite scenes is when the little boy Jamie sees Jack Frost for the first time: the amazement in eyes was just priceless. The end scene where Sandman comes back and his sand dreams start walking and flying around the small town was just an awe inspiring moment, there are too few of those in live action movies.
Dreamworks also did a good job of voice casting for the characters as the actors and actress they hired brought some solid weight to their respected characters. This is a movie that has a simple story line, nothing really complicated – it’s the find-your-true-self story line, but because they have some good characters to inhabit their world it makes things move along with good speed. I had a fun time with the kids as we watched a really good movie.
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