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A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
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| Release Date | 2010-10-22 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Directors | Eric Bross, Robert McLachlan |
| Producers | Lauren Levine, Art Brown, Marjorie Cohn, Scott McAboy, Douglas Sloan |
| Writers | Art Brown, Douglas Sloan |
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend.
This, a Nickelodeon production, is obviously targeting younger kids, but is a surprisingly watchable "teen angst over traumatic event" coming of age story with a really good preternatural twist to it.
It does lend into "no one will believe me, boo hoo", but this movie has a subtle message of empowerment to kids, and (I think) women: the ladies out stage the guys easily throughout the entire movie.
Victoria Justice is a proven entity in leading and carrying a movie, which she manages to do until she bumps into the older women would rightly steal the focus. Brooke Shields does a great "foreign lady that is either about to kiss or hit someone, but does neither" type of role here, and Brooke D'Orsay gave a confident and consistent enough performance that I honestly thought it was Eva Green essentially doing her character from "Dark Shadows".
I think this is better for younger audiences, but good enough that an older audience can still appreciate it.
— Kamurai