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When Andrew Came Home (2000)
Poignant and touching, a movie with a heart
'After an abduction of five years, a mother must fight for the love of her son.......before she loses him forever'
A beautifully told heartbreaking true story. With believable performances from all of the cast, the young Seth Adkins in the title role of Andrew was fantastic. He carried out even the most emotionally harrowing scenes with credibility and flair, making his character lovable despite his withdrawn and odd behaviour. You can feel all the characters' pain and joy throughout and the film is not to be forgotten easily. It speaks to the heart, and will leave an impression behind.
This is a story of loving unconditionally, of never giving up on somebody, and believing the best of them. It is inspiring, and shows the strength of bond between a mother and her child.
This is a brilliant film to watch with your family, as it is suitable for most ages. I would recommend this highly.
The Golden Compass (2007)
Brilliant Casting spoilt by weak direction
Each actor chosen was perfect and completely believable in their roles, with a brilliant supporting cast. The best performances in this film were Nicole Kidman as Mrs Coulter, and Eva Green as Serafina Pekkala. They were born to play these roles, and were exactly as I imagined them (ignoring the facts that both of them have the wrong hair colour, I think that they look perfect, and Philip Pullman has admitted that he was wrong, Coulter has to be blonde.) Dakota Blue Richards captures the essence of Lyra, and lights up the screen whenever she is on it. She does not try to overact, and helps to slow the film down slightly, which is otherwise moving far too fast. However, it is difficult to determine whether she is a brilliant actor or the perfect Lyra, which will be put to the test by the much more difficult emotional scenes in the future films. The switching of directors (Chris Weitz and Anand Tucker) has obviously taken its toll. The bridge scene was used before it was needed, so will be missed in future instalments. The lack of an ending is a huge mistake(even people who haven't read the books has mentioned the rather dead feeling of the end.) Another mistake is that the plot is all explained at the beginning, and all the intrigue created by the book is replaced by slight confusion and a sense of something missing. I soon realised this to be the intelligence of the book. The original meaning has been watered down due to the 'anti organised religion' theme. So, an adults book has now become a children's film, which I have to say is brilliant for what it is. The effects throughout the film are fantastic and create a world that almost feels real. I saw this film twice, and I have to say I was heartily disappointed the first time round. However, I decided to give it a second chance, determinedly ignoring the differences to the book. I found to my surprise that I loved it and would advise all haters of the film and lovers of the book to do the same. It really isn't as bad as it first seemed.