Neil Welch Edith Nesbit is best known for writing The Railway Children: Five Children And It has a much lower profile. But this story of five children relocated to the seaside, where they encounter a creature with magical powers, shares many similarities with The Railway Children in terms of story dynamics and emotional heart (displaced children, absent father etc.).This is a good adaptation. The children, headed by the excellent Feddie Highmore, are all very good. The sense of time and location are well realised, the adult support is solid, and the Psammead is a good mix of puppetry and CGI. The effects are not bad albeit often obviously effects: however, this sense of non-reality suits the story quite well.My only reservation concerns the script, where the Psammead itself (well, if idiosynscratically, voiced by Eddie Izzard) is often resolutely contemporary in its turn of phrase. This is a small quibble because it is always entertaining.This is an excellent film for family enjoyment.

EasternMafia I will repeat - what a stupid scenario.Is there anything new inside? I don't know who have wrote this. But i believe this guy have watch all Hollywood -children -family -teens movies ever made... all scenes and dilouges u can see in everywhere. Why do u people making this movies? children's like an adults? they like money gold cars... and they are positives? they have lucky... and emotions of course... without it can be done. o the young Actors - wow :-). I do like when is camera concentrated on their nice faces? what a crap... there is 90% better children movies that this one! This is not creative or funny movie. This is simply nothing.D.

shneur This is one of those "family" movies that I can't imagine having much appeal to anyone over about 9. A group of siblings discovers a "sand fairy" (yes, really) conveniently located at the end of a not-so-secret passage at the country home of their eccentric uncle, to which they've been evacuated from the London blitz. ...And there you have it, all in one sentence. The story is about the role of magic in childhood and the danger of getting wishes fulfilled, but neither of these issues is examined in a way that would be interesting to adults or instructive to children (or vice versa!). The only reason I can think of for watching this is to see how starkly Freddie Highmore's outstanding talent stands out from the rest of the mediocre performances.

Chris Gaskin I remember the TV series of 5 Children and It and enjoyed that and I enjoyed the movie version just as much.During World War 1, five brothers and sisters are evacuated to their Uncle's creepy mansion where they make a very strange discovery. They come across a sand fairy that can grant wishes, but these only last until sunset. The children's' wishes include flying, having loads of gold and, best of all, a T-Rex which was wished by the Uncle's mad scientist young son after he had kidnapped the sand fairly to experiment on. The five children then return the sand fairly back to his lair and say goodbye to him at the end after their dad returns from war duty and is OK.This is an excellent movie, great special effects and quite creepy at time too. Although this has a universal rating, some scenes including the T-Rex may be a little scary for really young viewers.An excellent cast which includes: Johnaton Baily, Freddie Highmore, Tars Fitzgerald, Alex Jennings and well known British stars Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker and veteran comic Norman Wisdom in a cameo. With Eddie Izzard as the voice of It.5 Children and It is essential viewing if you get the chance. Excellent.Rating: 4 and a half stars out of 5.