I was very disappointed with this one. It had everything - an exciting true story, memorable characters, top-notch actors, and international culture. But it fell totally flat, a complete Hollywood victim. I didn't buy any of it, it was just thin and shallow. The cinematography was good, but not enough to redeem the poor execution. Rated PG13 for no reason worth worrying about.
keta
B
I went into this movie at first with pretty high expectations. I was entertained. There was quite a bit that was formulaic, it was generally politcally correct unlike the times it was filmed to represent. Maybe that was part of the original story. Some of the cinematography was cool, especially the dust storm! The girls got to watch part of this movie and it did open up some interesting conversation in regards to culture and science (dust storms, locusts & desert nomads). There are a couple of violent scenes (killing of people and hurting of animals) that might be difficult for a sensitive child. And for the record, I did some research.. Disney was promoting this as based on a true story, apparently the only person to document this amazing story is the person who was the star of it and its truth is debatable.
