Tomorrowland: A World Beyond (2015) Fuld Streaming

For all of its vaulting ambition, its sumptuous eye-feasts and its leapings back and forth in space and time, "Tomorrowland" never comes together as coherent drama in the here and now.. Tomorrowland is a crazy, disjointed mess. But it's the good sort of crazy, and it's the sort of mess you want to lose yourself in.. Tomorrowland is a highly original, occasionally even visionary piece of sci-fi filmmaking, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good movie.. An aggressively optimistic script admon...

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Like Mike (2002) Spille Streaming

Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle.. This is not only kid-friendly fare, but a lovely family movie.. As with too many studio pics, plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure.. Both the slapstick and the schmaltz are workmanlike enough to keep the little ones' eyes wide and bright. Grown-ups should be prepared to have their nerves milked dry.. A movie that -- even by Disney's formulaic standards -- is about as cut and dried as the phone book.. A sq...

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The Muppets (2011) Fuld Streaming

The Muppets is a triumph of simplicity, innocence and goofy jokes. It's a triumph of felt.. . It has enough of the right stuff to haunt the imagination long after the immediate buzz of its fluffy-furred cuteness has melted away. For a mere prequel, that's a result.. [It] is true to the spirit of the original film, "Monsters Inc.", and matches its tone. But it never seems content to turn over old ground.. This is a safe, predictable, edge-free, nearly bland effort from a studio that rarely hedges...

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Nacho Libre (2006) Spille Film

The problem with Diary of a Wimpy Kid is the wimpy kid is a jerk.. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a movie that needs to go back to the drawing board -- literally.. There's something silly-sweet about this movie. It avoids talking down to kids or being didactic, while still projecting an overall wholesomeness.. The film's sheer lack of everything that customarily passes for comic fuel -- energy, wit, character, fun, a plot -- renders Nacho Libre a torturous patience tester of the first order.. There's a...

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Niels Neutron: Det lille geni (2001) Spille Film

. Hope Davis and David Duchovny give solid, moving performances as grieving parents in this inspirational heart-tugger.. . More clever than we have any right to expect.. This little charmer both celebrates and kids the corny conventions of family sitcoms.. One of the pleasant surprises of the holiday season.. Louder Than Words obviously means well, but its brand of cheap uplift is the kind of cheese that actually breeds cynicism.. The title refers to the adage that actions speak louder than word...

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Nancy Drew (2007) Download Film

Director Brian Robbins keeps going for easy laughs.. A well-written and in many ways pleasing update of a character who has endured in print for 78 years.. This is innocuous, heart-in-the-right-place family fare, but its well-earned points about animal rights and preservation would be better taken if the relentless sentimentality didn't force viewers into flippers-in-the-air submission.. Has all the suspense and intrigue of a less-than-groovy episode of Scooby-Doo.. It's got a lot of fun energy,...

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Aquamarine (2006) Se Fuld Film

For what it aspires to be -- and we're not talking Sense and Sensibility here -- it works.. . . A daydream from a discount store.. Aquamarine really is just an adorable movie. And along the way, life lessons about love, friendship, adjusting to bad news and overcoming grief -- are passed along in a not-that-obvious fashion.. Altogether a wasted opportunity from a Disney organization which grows more sclerotic by the minute.. Aquamarine isn't good enough to be a teen classic, but its audience wil...

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