Looking like they've been packed up in a box of skittles, four kids end up riding a rainbow that takes them on an adventure led by a dog. The only adult in this film that gets anything good to do is Bob Hopkins, while everyone else (including Dan Ackroyd as a truly dumb sheriff) is obnoxious and one dimensional. The four kids, not all of the same age, don't even seem like kids that would hang out together outside of the two brothers, and the adventure isn't really all that exciting.
Like so many other films of this genre, I had high hopes for it but it ends up being a misfire in trying to recapture the magic of classic fantasies like "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Blue Bird". It's cheaply filmed and often nasty, I'd rather boring so I do not think that kids could sit there for 90 minutes and find anything to enjoy. But when Hopkins is on screen, a bit of magic does strike, and he ends up being the only thing worthwhile in this, reminding me of Jason Robards in "The Real Macaw".
Like so many other films of this genre, I had high hopes for it but it ends up being a misfire in trying to recapture the magic of classic fantasies like "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Blue Bird". It's cheaply filmed and often nasty, I'd rather boring so I do not think that kids could sit there for 90 minutes and find anything to enjoy. But when Hopkins is on screen, a bit of magic does strike, and he ends up being the only thing worthwhile in this, reminding me of Jason Robards in "The Real Macaw".