The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Genres: Family/Kids, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Eli Roth
Written By: Eric Kripke, John Bellairs
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kyle MacLachlan, Jack Black, Colleen Camp, Lorenza Izzo, Owen Vaccaro, Sunny Suljic, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams, Braxton Bjerken, Ricky Muse, De'Jon Watts
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls belongs to 2 collections
1. #1 at the US Box Office (1982-) (public: moderated by BeeDub - 4 stars)
2. Cinema Sins (public: moderated by Phantom Nook - 2 stars)
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| Jun 14 |  |
ooh waffles | 6 43% |
| Jun 12 |  |
fincher01 | 65 15% |
| Jun 11 | joagan | 65 43% |
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| Jun 02 |  |
Grouchy | 69 25% |
| Jun 01 |  |
Minorsage | 55 29% |
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Much more witchy than expected, and thin, but a decent, quick movie as an excuse for popcorn and chilling
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| May 11 | TheStraub | 32 7% |
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| May 10 |  |
HKi | 65 31% |
| May 04 | MenialRetcon | 72 41% |
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| Apr 28 | Mjoepp | 30 14% |
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| Apr 21 |  |
msprague | 65 45% |
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It's fun. Jack and Cate play well together and Owen is good too.
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| Apr 17 | Eressea | 81 66% |
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| Apr 08 | AchwellFoley | 50 34% |
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| Apr 08 | SlumberyBox | 83 53% |
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| Apr 08 |  |
Temptershell | 72 46% |
| Apr 06 | Mattsdmf | 83 73% |
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| Mar 29 | knrdn | 40 9% |
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| Mar 24 |  |
Luna6ix | 64 20% |
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This is what Harry Potter looks like without it's mystifying popularity. It's magic is one part zany imagination, one part stupidity, one hundred percent aimed at little kids with teens and adults befuddlingly following suit.
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| Mar 21 | Sts95 | 40 11% |
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| Mar 20 |  |
Orfonso | 67 35% |
| Mar 20 | Sylnce | 70 2% |
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| Mar 17 |  |
altug | 43 7% |
| Mar 12 |  |
JackRyan2014 | 40 30% |
| Mar 11 | RodopLu | 47 13% |
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| Mar 10 | Laamanen7 | 60 27% |
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| Mar 07 |  |
Asm Nabil | 40 7% |
| Mar 03 | deezed | 75 54% |
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Brewster | 40 25% |
| Feb 28 | shazam2814 | 70 % |
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| Feb 26 | littleberk | 6 20% |
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| Feb 24 |  |
gracesake | 60 16% |
| Feb 23 | hishame | 65 45% |
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| Feb 21 | bubbatex | 86 38% |
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| Feb 19 | 10kfilms | 30 23% |
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| Feb 19 | blucthulhu | 70 57% |
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| Feb 19 | VTJoker | 70 37% |
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| Feb 16 |  |
sacmersault | 62 24% |
| Feb 13 | rldeph | 68 64% |
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| Feb 11 |  |
bjrobillard | 60 38% |
| Feb 11 | Colesslawzz | 65 9% |
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| Feb 09 |  |
MojoJoestar | 65 32% |
| Feb 09 |  |
glumpy_99 | 51 8% |
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Dreary fantasy suffers from oddly disjointed and clumsy stylistic choices which means the film never really settles into a groove or even manages to 'take off' - Black and Blanchett both appear to be playing to two different audiences, and Roth (admittedly an unlikely choice as director for this material) seems lost at sea trying to keep all of his eccentric characters in play. MacLachlan's brief appearance under heavy makeup at least brings a late jolt of energy to proceedings.
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| Feb 07 |  |
kk3thess | 55 28% |
| Feb 07 |  |
lebnof | 40 26% |
| Feb 01 |  |
tipar | 60 66% |
| Jan 29 | lang95 | 42 15% |
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| Jan 28 | adornment | 53 19% |
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It’s a decent horror comedy. Its characters have personality and it finds that sweet spot between funny and intense. On the other hand, there’s no emotional connection. It’s cloying and cliched, and the dialogue is almost laughable at times. For those looking for a mindless fantasy, it might be entertaining, but beyond that, it’s not much.
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| Jan 26 |  |
hotsake | 55 39% |
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Cate Blanchett was charming and marvelous, Jack Black was the same as he always is, Owen Vaccaro was absolutely terrible and should never act again. The story itself was interesting and had potential but the movie just drug on and on and on for what felt like forever.
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| Jan 26 |  |
jksterup | 80 28% |
| Jan 25 |  |
JimiAntiloop | 45 18% |
| Jan 23 | batolo | 54 21% |
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The second half really went downhill.
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| Jan 20 |  |
beard_metals | 40 22% |
| Jan 19 | imaginaryoct | 44 14% |
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| Jan 19 |  |
uvlalid | 25 6% |
| Jan 19 | wadup | 55 13% |
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| Jan 12 | jzeitz | 76 48% |
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| Jan 11 |  |
auhasarderik | 5 23% |
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Nice, generic. Too dark for kids? And too lame for everybody else.
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| Jan 09 |  |
DougCollins | 95 82% |
| Jan 09 |  |
LordBeefJerk | 40 24% |
| Jan 07 | Kirlew | 80 73% |
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| Jan 07 |  |
haljordan2 | 1 % |
| Jan 07 | qubrickk | 71 35% |
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| Jan 06 |  |
gabitheizen | 85 60% |
| Jan 06 | Ritteh | 64 40% |
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A cute Goosebumps like movie. Personally wish they would have done more in the magic realm and less in the horror realm. Taking off some points for poor character development of the school kids, the puking pumpkins, and the overused kitty litter box joke.
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| Jan 05 | Djcan1 | 65 7% |
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| Jan 04 |  |
PunisherGT | 79 38% |
| Jan 02 | ishakvahab | 60 12% |
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| Jan 02 | alfaproton | 60 22% |
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| Jan 02 |  |
HobbesZ | 75 53% |
| Jan 02 | roland | 52 17% |
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| Dec 31, 2018 |  |
mwgerb | 41 30% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | Camerastate | 70 38% |
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| Dec 30, 2018 |  |
eCitizen | 50 48% |
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A sometimes amusing story of dark magic and creepy happenings. Cate Blanchett was marvelous as usual. Jack Black is still playing his single note song. The kooky fantasy was silly and they did their best to create engaging characters and situations. It was mostly enjoyable but not particularly great.
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| Dec 30, 2018 | Michygen | 70 42% |
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| Dec 30, 2018 |  |
chiefg | 65 45% |
| Dec 30, 2018 | bigboymood | 6 39% |
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| Dec 28, 2018 |  |
radumsmn | 66 39% |
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This is the first time I have ever seen Cate Blanchett misscasted.
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| Dec 27, 2018 |  |
ikkegoemikke | 40 26% |
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Half fantasy. Half horror. Halfway it became annoying. More reviews here : http://movie-freak.be [Full Review]
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| Dec 27, 2018 | chxflx | 50 35% |
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| Dec 26, 2018 |  |
jobsbronson | 10 25% |
| Dec 26, 2018 |  |
amazedemon | 64 48% |
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All the cheesiness of Hocus Pocus but with a lot less heart. Blanchett is good, Black slips into his regular antics occasionally, and Vaccaro is fine though has a high-pitched scream that could rival Wilhelm's. The plot isn't bad, but I found myself often distracted. Some dodgy CGI, and I just didn't like it as much as I wanted to.
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| Dec 26, 2018 |  |
whitelighter | 63 50% |
| Dec 26, 2018 |  |
el Cinefilo | 0 6% |
| Dec 26, 2018 | davidim | 70 30% |
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| Dec 25, 2018 |  |
Yiannos | 50 25% |
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Oddly paced kids fantasy from Roth--an unlikely choice of director based on his resume--tries valiantly to recapture the magic of 80's kids films but feels too generic and calculated. Some funny banter between Blanchett and Black keeps things lively, but the human characters are not interesting, and Roth doesn't have enough visual talent to make proper use of its creaky setting. The scenes with demonic pumpkins and the titular clock generate some heat, but they arrive too late to save it.
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| Dec 25, 2018 | Warren Shum | 70 26% |
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| Dec 25, 2018 | thorn969 | 55 55% |
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It was an okay movie, in my opinion. A lot of the casting and sets were very evocative of Harry Potter, about a decade late to the game. It didn't do a good job of building tension and I don't think it did much to appeal to an adult audience, but I enjoyed myself.
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| Dec 24, 2018 | xzf620 | 73 17% |
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| Dec 24, 2018 | HugoBalls | 40 1% |
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| Dec 21, 2018 | Countdown | 80 57% |
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daniel | 15 19% |
| Dec 20, 2018 |  |
Miggs | 74 26% |
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Tik-tok bitch.
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| Dec 17, 2018 |  |
bybrt | 50 26% |
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FR6 | 65 23% |
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jordanlige | 100 51% |
| Dec 15, 2018 |  |
feritdgn | 65 24% |
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bludream | 80 43% |
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halkas | 40 27% |
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kimiya6283 | 73 30% |
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lumen | 6 45% |
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FreddieQuell | 43 27% |
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Inkerictus | 50 9% |
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barisius | 57 15% |
| Dec 11, 2018 |  |
Gideon | 2 59% |
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Quite alright to kill some time with
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| Dec 09, 2018 |  |
erdu | 60 37% |
| Dec 09, 2018 | metalrocker | 50 12% |
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| Dec 08, 2018 | marjacko | 60 42% |
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| Dec 07, 2018 | reeses87 | 70 30% |
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EbruCavdarli () | 48 16% |
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NhanLa | 50 20% |
| Dec 05, 2018 | JBc0OO | 8 % |
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I am prowler | 63 68% |
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sdiama | 64 60% |
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petrosdm | 33 15% |
| Dec 03, 2018 | PUNQ | 60 89% |
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I always have a soft spot for these kind of adventure films. The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) might not be top tier, but it fulfills the need for a little fantasy and magic. Jack Black wasn't nearly as annoying as he can be and the kid was a good choice for the lead. The boss fight with Kyle MacLachlan was a little under developed, but otherwise this was a good time.
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| Dec 02, 2018 |  |
navid.g | 50 7% |
| Dec 02, 2018 |  |
Vandelay1 | 64 62% |
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good movie
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| Dec 02, 2018 | Diggler | 50 15% |
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| Dec 01, 2018 |  |
donmezsefa | 50 23% |
| Dec 01, 2018 | glepoki | 85 68% |
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| Nov 30, 2018 |  |
OzGrenouille | 70 24% |
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buddhalou | 50 20% |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Parasite | 30 16% |
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avgcrtckr | 39 23% |
| Nov 29, 2018 |  |
filmaffinity | 51 21% |
| Nov 29, 2018 | kaythreetwo | 61 20% |
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| Nov 28, 2018 | hamstercan | 20 7% |
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| Nov 27, 2018 |  |
VanillaSky | 70 71% |
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drsword | 15 2% |
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Blair | 65 8% |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Ram0n | 66 18% |
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AzulA | 70 22% |
| Nov 08, 2018 | Toeler | 60 9% |
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| Nov 03, 2018 | monoglot | 60 48% |
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| Oct 23, 2018 | LewisMeeking | 66 29% |
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The films only really 'good' quality was the star cast. However it just wasn't engaging and the characters weren't likable enough, save Jack Black's character, who was at least somewhat likable. But it really just dragged on, at 105 minutes it felt like 150 while in the cinema watching it.
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| Oct 18, 2018 | Devilishmess | 6 41% |
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loosecanons | 6 46% |
| Oct 16, 2018 | TobyTyler | 65 34% |
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| Oct 15, 2018 | em0nster | 60 51% |
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It was entertaining though a bit flat. More of a TV/streaming movie than one to pay a full-prince movie ticket for. The movie has heart, it's not one to make you reconsider the meaning of life and everything, but it is still enjoyable and funny. See it as such, and you'll have fun. Expect something other than a Goosebumps movie and you'll be disappointed.
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| Oct 12, 2018 |  |
luord | 62 50% |
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It's derivative - and particularly reminiscent of Dr Strange in many ways - but it's endearing and entertaining enough, with a revelatory performance by Owen Vaccaro.
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| Oct 11, 2018 | nobamba | 30 12% |
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Really, really went downhill and cheap after the villains show up. I appreciated Blanchett's mannerisms.
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| Oct 11, 2018 |  |
ana_moft | 60 72% |
| Oct 10, 2018 | Cigua22 | 55 34% |
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| Oct 08, 2018 | DancingP | 45 15% |
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| Oct 06, 2018 | elhenzo | 90 45% |
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TheShiznit | 3 39% |
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Nakashima | 76 66% |
| Oct 03, 2018 | VepsoO | 54 13% |
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| Oct 03, 2018 |  |
danluvana | 68 65% |
| Oct 03, 2018 | Exirel | 70 62% |
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It's fine, the kid's acting is not the best, but Jack Black and Cate Blanchett seal the deal. So it's ok. Just have fun, don't expect much, laugh and be happy.
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| Oct 03, 2018 |  |
froce | 50 32% |
| Oct 02, 2018 | kjones77 | 60 21% |
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| Oct 02, 2018 |  |
maddog | 73 38% |
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It's imaginative, it's got some neat effects, but it's definitely got some plot holes and headscratching moments, just things set up for plot contrivance, and that lessens any magic here. Not to mention it's got a little too much unnecessary bathroom humor that doesn't add anything.
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| Oct 01, 2018 |  |
Nroo | 70 46% |
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coutinho | 60 29% |
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sheepslasher | 3 58% |
| Sep 29, 2018 |  |
tathybio | 75 56% |
| Sep 28, 2018 |  |
VengefulKBM | 45 22% |
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The undeniable chemistry between Jack Black and Cate Blanchett lends a likability factor to an otherwise juvenile script, which features shitting topiary griffins, shaky child acting, and some painfully dated CGI.
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| Sep 27, 2018 |  |
NothingsGood | 50 45% |
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No matter how hard Jack Black and Cate Blanchett try, this movie is unsalvageable.
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| Sep 27, 2018 |  |
Nathan | 67 42% |
| Sep 26, 2018 |  |
numan | 40 8% |
| Sep 25, 2018 |  |
bafflegab | 72 70% |
| Sep 24, 2018 |  |
CStuckmann | 85 50% |
| Sep 24, 2018 | fake_of_oz | 50 38% |
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| Sep 24, 2018 |  |
ashleylm | 55 31% |
| Sep 24, 2018 | jimmyp | 65 30% |
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| Sep 23, 2018 |  |
adamj1982 | 67 49% |
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Made really fun when paired with the remaster of Michael Jackson's Thriller in 3D
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| Sep 23, 2018 |  |
sebby | 30 6% |
| Sep 22, 2018 | dantoyang | 65 40% |
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| Sep 21, 2018 | filmcricket | 62 56% |
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| Sep 21, 2018 |  |
MetaCritic2 | 57 39% |
| Sep 16, 2018 |  |
RealMacgyver | 50 12% |
| Sep 16, 2018 |  |
Xenophule | 7 32% |
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[Stream it] | This is the Goosebumps movie you've been looking for.
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| Average Percentile 32.95% from 173 Ratings |  |
