The Treasure Seekers
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Movie Reviews of The Treasure Seekers
Movie Review: Different Lifestyles Are Attainable
Summary: 5 Stars
Captivating story with good material for showing different lifestyles attainable by choice. DVD questions for discussion are a good addition to the movie and help encourage problem-solving. Charming depiction of Victorian England with background info on DVD. "It was an exciting story. The kids were fun." "The father's invention was interesting. I didn't know it could take six years to invent something." "I liked how they talked: would you like a spot of tea?" "I would love to watch it again." Best for ages 8 to 12.Movie Review: Keira Knightly has a cameo role!
Summary: 5 Stars
A rip-roaring family-friendly adventure, not only wonderful for children, but their parents will enjoy it too. An interesting factoid is that Keira Knightly (as a child) has a brief appearance as the mysterious princess. This scene seems totally superfluous to the plot, but it's true to the book.Movie Review: Victorian family antics
Summary: 3 Stars
Five children in Victorian England attempt to rescue the family from financial ruin. Father is an inventor whose refrigeration machine has yet to make a profit. It's an enjoyable movie with authentic period detail, intereting sets and costumes.
The movie was a bit uneven with some very good parts, and some parts that are a tad boring. The movie would have been greatly improved if younger, more precocious actors had been chosen to play the five children. In fact, sometimes the children seemed a bit immature or stupid simply because the actors playing them were too old. The father was an eccentric inventor who was entertaining, but he came across as a rather irresponsible, letting his children nearly starve while he tinkered with his invention. Some of the smaller parts featured the best acting. Next door neighbor Albert was a perfectly played spoiled rich brat. Albert's uncle (James Wilby) a dashing explorer, was the best character in the movie. The no nonsense maid added a lot. Some of the villians could have been a lot more dasteredly, and the lady doctor was lackluster.
Still there is enough to please fans of period movies.
Movie Review: A Slight Shadow of the Book
Summary: 3 Stars
It wasn't a terrible movie, in fact parts of it where amusing. But having read all three of the books in the Treasure Seekers' series (The Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods, The Return of the Treasure Seekers) I can attest that the movie just isn't the same. The father is turned into an inventor, trying to sell his refrigeration device and save his family financially. Dick does not exist, neither does the Indian uncle. Dora is portrayed as being almost sixteen and even Oswald may have been cast to old. The three youngest siblings are alright though. Eliza, the made is simply huge and does a good job as well. One of things that made the books funny was the naration of Oswald, this element is also lost in the movie. So go ahead and watch it, but read the books to get the real E. Nesbit.Movie Review: Nothing like the book!
Summary: 1 Stars
Yet again, the film making industry has utterly demolished a great story! Read the book. It's a great family book about the Bastable family, and the children do have many adventures attempting to "restore the fallen fortunes of the House of Bastable", but they do not do it by lying or constantly fighting. They learn a lesson with each adventure instead.
This movie production, however, deviates so far from the book as to be ludicrous. Instead of the father being a businessman ruined by grief, he is an incompetent absent-minded inventor. The children lie. The children are disrespectful of authority. The oldest character, Dora shows teenage angst that never appeared in the book. The minor character of the authoress is turned into a feminist doctor. Why did they have to take the values of the Victorian family out and make a movie about today's societal problems?