Critic Reviews
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Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Director David L. Cunningham's proffered chills are strictly of the lightweight variety: a menacing flock of ravens, a slimy skein of snakes and a couple of mall security yobs too fat or stupid to overpower even a spindly teenager.
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Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
A movie that should've been made shortly after its source material -- Susan Cooper's Newbery winner -- debuted in 1973. As is, it feels entirely too generic to work today.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
The acting is mediocre, the story rambles, the special effects -- average at best.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Poor writing and production values like these bring no light to Cooper's novel -- or the audience.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
Cooper presented this rather basic good/evil mythos in more low-key, atmospheric form than the film allows, leaving thesps (particularly McShane) having to poker-face their way through lines like, 'The future of the human race rests on you!'
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Cast
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Alexander Ludwigas Will Stanton -
Christopher Ecclestonas The Rider -
Frances Conroyas Miss Greythorne
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Ian McShaneas Merriman Lyon -
Wendy Crewsonas Mary Stanton -
John Benjamin Hickeyas John Stanton
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