"Just close your eyes, but keep your mind wide open."
Directed by GaborCsupo
2007
Date Viewed: Monday June 14, 2010
This movie was waaaaaayyyy different than I thought it would be. I thought it was going to be the standard children's fantasy movie where two kids fall into a hole in the space time continuum and fall into some other dimension and they have to escape or something like that... But it's totally not. Jess is a maybe 6th grader with 4 sisters who lives on a farm and who's parents struggle to make ends meet. He's a total loner and kind of a sad boy. Then he meets Leslie who moved in next door and is very unique and full of imagination. Together, they discover a secret forest that comes alive in their imagination. I loved how they used imagination to occupy their time and all the adventures they had there. So much better than watching tv or playing video games. It brought me back to all the ways that I used my imagination as a kid with my siblings and how we'd play together for hours with nothing but a bucket, some weeds, some water and a shed (we were orphans who lived in a shed and made weed soup...) The two lead actors are so great and sweet and the supporting actors are lovely as well for the most part. This movie definitely gets a solid A
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