Four Kids and It – Movie Review
Director: Andy De Emmony
Writer: Simon Lewis (Screenplay)
Writer: Jacqueline Wilson (Book)
Cast
- Paula Patton (Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol)
- Matthew Goode (Watchmen)
- Ashley Aufderheide (Infinitely Polar Bear)
- Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen (Swallows and Amazons)
- Michael Caine (The Italian Job)
Plot: A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
Runtime: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Four Kids and It starts when David (Goode) and his children Ros (Malleson-Allen) and Robbie (Jenkins) are going on a vacation. However, they are meeting his new girlfriend Alice (Patton) and her children Smash (Aufderheide) and Maude (Siame). It sees the children clash instantly, putting the adult’s relationship on the line.
The kids end up finding a remote beach where they meet Psammead, who claims it can give them one wish a day. However, the wish only lasts until sundown. The kids must learn about the consequences of their wishes as their lives will be changing forever.
Verdict on Four Kids and It
Four Kids and It is a family adventure movie following two families that are forced to spend a vacation together. This sees the children clashing, as the parents try to give them space to bond. However, deep down everyone is preparing for a new stage in life.
This continues the heartfelt message the movie looks to give everyone involved. It shows that families can go separate ways and need to learn to adapt to come together to start new ones. When it comes to the wishes, we get the fun wacky ones you would expect children to put forward. While the older kids would try to fix something out of their control. This brings the fun we would have come to expect from the source material. The performances are fun too, with the four young stars coming together to show the difficult life change their characters are going through.
Final Thoughts – Four Kids and It is a fun family adventure movie.
