Laeta Kalogridis Executive Producer. Mark McNair Executive Producer. Rogier Stoffers Cinematographer. Fred Raskin Film Editor. Nathan Barr Original Music. Jon Hutman Production Design. Dawn Swiderski Supervising Art Direction. Tristan Paris Bourne Art Director. Andres Cubillan Art Director. Walter P. Martishius Art Director. Ellen Brill Set Decoration. Marlene Stewart Costume Designer. Jeanne McCarthy Casting. View All Critic Reviews Jan 08, The original book is quite different, but the film version is fitting for the target audience.
Black was an inspired choice and backed up by the very talented Cate Blanchett. The real issue is the lack of villain, and it tends to tread water with the core characters instead of providing us with something resembling a correctly plotted film.
I feel that modern films are neglecting the villains, when they should be embracing them. The film being created by Amblin carries the studio emblem for family content, and this has to be one of the better options for new material.
I'm annoyed the filmmaker wasn't able to adapt this to its full potential, even just bringing the villain on earlier. It becomes this basic good vs evil in the final third after all the mystery conversations and exposition. I still enjoyed the film. Black was fun and he is starting to branch away from his usual style of comedy and it's nice to see. A sequel wouldn't be a bad thing, but further depth is required and now that the ground work has been done, let's make some villain improvements. Brendan N Super Reviewer.
Jun 10, Another children's book series adapted into a potential movie franchise? Directed by Eli Roth?? From the outset it's pretty clear that all is not quite right within this house. Unsurprisingly the boy's uncle turns out to be a warlock, a good warlock, and his best friend Florence Zimmerman Cate Blanchett is a good witch. Eventually Lewis grows accustomed to his new supernatural surroundings and begins to learn the ways of witchcraft. Unsurprisingly Lewis finds out that the old house was once owned by an evil warlock called Isaac Izard Kyle MacLachlan who has hidden a clock within the walls of the house.
He has done this because he wants to turn back time to the point that mankind never existed and the hidden clock will somehow allow that to happen via some magical alignment or something, I dunno. Of course this can't happen because Isaac has been long dead and buri Of course. So what does this movie offer that we haven't seen before?
Rhetorical questions my dears. Am I being harsh? No I genuinely don't think so. The highlight of the movie is clearly and obviously Jack Black as Lewis' uncle. Yes even though we have seen these kinds of Black performances before they are undoubtedly enjoyable every time. Whilst they have clearly tried to give Black a kind of Dr. The way Black interacts with his spooky house is a fun element. The rest of the cast are drab predictable and uninteresting whilst the villain could have been played by literally anyone because it really didn't matter.
There is a coming of age element in the story with Lewis' parents not being there and him having to learn to come to terms with that and his uncle. There is also the usual school bullying aspect thrown in there too and Lewis making friends with a random kid who helps him. It doesn't turn out the way you expect it admittedly but it's not groundbreaking stuff. Will kids pick up on it? Maybe, maybe not, I lean towards them being interested in the flashy effects more than anything.
Other than Black the only other element I did like was the 50's setting in a typical all-American 50's small town or so it looked. Yeah we've seen this before but there is something so cozy and charming about these kinds of settings.
A warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia even though I wasn't even alive at the time. I think it's down to all the old sci-fi and horror movies I've seen and enjoyed from that specific era that draws me in. Obviously I'm not alone in this because many of these kids flicks tend to have these small town settings.
The interior house sets were also a plus for me with their thick wooden design and gorgeous old-worldly supernatural decorations. But that is also the problem with this movie, it just feels too similar to so many other movies.
I mean its literally the same spiel with the same lead actor! The special effects look no different, the same obvious CGI throughout.
The various monsters and creatures could easily be straight out of said franchise. It's all the same, if Slappy had turned up it wouldn't have looked a bit unusual at all. The plot also didn't really help. I have not read the original book so I cannot say how accurate everything is, but Jez is this a mess. The evil witch wants to rewind time right back to a point where he can stop mankind from ever happening, but why??
Why would anyone want to actually do that if they could? Wouldn't that mean that the evil witch himself wouldn't exist? What would he gain from this?
Then there was a whole load of hocus-pocus about the clock in the wall turning back time so he can erase mankind or whatever. What's so special about that clock?
Why hide it in the house? Then the lower half of the house which seems to get bigger and bigger the further into the movie, like the Tardis turns into a big clock of sorts with huge cogs and gears which gets stopped by merely dropping a magic 8-ball into them.
I mean I realise this is a kids movie but it's just too meh and despite being based on a book, it's completely the same as many other kid flicks.
I mean how many supernatural children's movies have there been now?? Heck even the movies poster isn't much to shout about and it looks fairly derivative. The plot is boring and makes no sense. Black is good but much like everything else here too familiar. And lastly there's no real tension because the villain and his plan is utter nonsense.
Phil H Super Reviewer. Jan 20, There was a couple of instances over the course of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, particularly early on, that had my hopes up, but by the end?
God I was so disappointed. The lead is not a great actor often a trouble when you have to cast young , and the effects are pretty bad. The worst thing though is that Clock in Its Walls can't keep its story straight, which is a pretty unforgivable sin when it's your own story.
Like, you set the rules here, why are you going out of your way to break them for nothing? Gimly M Super Reviewer. Dec 15, A fairly good "scary" tale for children with a "being oddball can be a good thing" message, fronted by top-tier talent yes, I'm beginning to forgive Jack Black for being annoying!
A professional production that might require time to be appreciated as it should. Kevin M. W Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies.
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Christian Calloway Azazel as Azazel. Eli Roth. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Lewis Barnavelt, after losing his parents, is sent to Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan.
He discovers his uncle is a warlock, and enters a world of magic and sorcery. But this power is not limited to good people: Lewis learns of Isaac Izard, an evil wizard who constructed a magical clock with black magic, as long as it exists it will keep ticking, counting down to doomsday.
He died before he could finish the clock, but he hid the clock in his house, where Uncle Jonathan now lives. Now Lewis and Jonathan must find the clock before it finishes its countdown and ends the world. This house knows what makes you tick. Rated PG for thematic elements including sorcery, some action, scary images, rude humor and language.
Did you know Edit. Goofs Jonathan's last name is Barnavelt, the same as Lewis. But Jonathan is Lewis' mother's brother, and his last name should be her maiden name, not Barnavelt. The only ways they both could be named Barnavelt would be if her husband's name also just happened to be Barnavelt, or if the family used a naming convention that was extremely unusual and nonconforming by the standards of ss America.
Quotes Jonathan Barnavelt : Have a look around, it's perfectly safe Crazy credits The Universal Pictures logo is the s version, from the era when the "House With a Clock in its Walls" story was first published It also runs backwards, in keeping with the titular clock's magical power.
Alternate versions Theatrical versions of the movie are longer by 10 seconds, with a bumper for Universal Parks and Resorts placed before the Amblin Partners logo. User reviews Review. Top review. Good atmosphere, two great actors, but Sorry to criticize the kid, but the boy can't act and it was painfully distracting. It would also be more interesting if more fun magic tricks were shown Details Edit. Release date September 21, United States. United States Canada India. Official Site.
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