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Anneke Weidemann, Armin Mueller Stahl, Karin van der Laag, Kasha Kropinski, Luke Gallant ...( see more  see more... ) , Richard E. Grant

Three young children live carefree lives under the hot African sun until, one day, a stranger arrives and changes their lives forever, but he underestimates the intelligence of Lyndall who comes to he...( read more  read more... )r friends' rescue.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: David Lister

Release Date: June 3, 2005

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DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006

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  • sportboy
    November 8, 2009
    sportboy
    I didn't really enjoy this film that much. Well it could of been alot worsed but it could of been much better too.

    The thing I didn't like at all about this film was it was really hard to tell what age group this film was aimed for. When it started on tele I thought it was go...( read more)ing to be a childrens film because at the start they showed children at a farm and I thought that scene was a bit too childish for adults.
    But then afterwards they showed parents being violent and beating up the children so then it looked more like a adult film. The problem with this film was I don't think they knew what type of things children and adults like to see.

    The acting was really bad that strict mother well she couldn't act. Even the children were quite weak all the squeeky voices and all the crying what they were doing didn't make the film any better. All their emotions looked fake and they just didn't do good. Two actors in it were about average I think. Two actors didn't do bad but all the others couldn't act very well which is a shame to say really.

    Also the twist and the effects they showed at the begining were rubbish. The film had no twist at the begining. No did it at the end. No did the film have any good effects that I was expecting to see. The plot suffered in several different ways.
    Basically I thought the twist at the begining and end was done really badly, the story itself was done very slow, the plot wasn't interesting enough. It had a few interesting scenes but very few most of the story was just slow and boring. It had no good effects at all and I just didn't like the story. No did I like the acting. All the recent films I have seen such as The Sheperd,vanished without a trace,the waiting game and Harry Potter were much better and much more enjoyable. The stories in them may of been slow but they had quite an enjoyable story. This film didn't have any of it. No good acting even which was dissapointing to say. I was not happy with this film at all well I have seen worsed in the past and as I have said this could of been worsed it could of suffered as much as films like the last sign,if,seasame street,disaster movie,the magic rounderabout and Blade:Trinity it didn't suffer as much as thoughs but it still wasn't good the acting and story could of been alot better.

    The targets I would give for this film are

    1.Better twist at begining
    2.Better twist at end
    3.Faster story
    4.Stronger acting
    5.More effects
    6.More of a interesting story
    7.Easier to understand what age group this was aimed for.

    Overall this movie was a dissapointment. You are better off not seeing this I will deffinitly not be reccomending this to you all.
  • Amerah00
    July 1, 2008
    Amerah00
    I liked this story-though at times it was kind of hard to figure out what was being said..pretty good movie.
  • Venieza
    July 26, 2007
    Venieza
    Hope that it is good

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