This is a strange film that would never have gained any traction anywhere, and yet there's nothing to dislike about it. The boy plays an odd character who fails to engage with anyone and that includes the viewer. It's hard to empathise with his plight and at times that makes you want to just give him a slap in the face to buck up his ideas. For some reason this seems to give him the authority to talk to strangers at the beach and who better to spend time with than a tattered old clown and his dog. On any day an adult would tell him to steer clear and even the most disobedient of children would struggle to think spending time with the clown was a good idea.
The mother gets sucked in and when the family go on a camping trip, with the clown and dog as companions, we're are asking the same questions, her friends are - Who is this guy? Through a series of ridiculous moments we are led to a contrivance involving a mass of butterflies, redemption, a new life, new beginnings and a new confidence.
It's all perfectly harmless, and the director clearly felt the need to stretch things out with an overlong butterfly eye-opener scene, but you'd have to go a long way not to miss the message being hammered home.
The mother gets sucked in and when the family go on a camping trip, with the clown and dog as companions, we're are asking the same questions, her friends are - Who is this guy? Through a series of ridiculous moments we are led to a contrivance involving a mass of butterflies, redemption, a new life, new beginnings and a new confidence.
It's all perfectly harmless, and the director clearly felt the need to stretch things out with an overlong butterfly eye-opener scene, but you'd have to go a long way not to miss the message being hammered home.
Adult score: 2/5
Child score: 4/5 it had regular cameos from the dog!
Child score: 4/5 it had regular cameos from the dog!
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