The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
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- Synopsis
- Producer Marc E. Platt brings author Susan Cooper's popular series of children's fantasy books to the big screen with this tale of a young boy (Alexander Ludwig) who discovers that he is the latest in a long line of immortal warriors....
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- Director(s)
- David L. Cunningham
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min.
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Critic Reviews
A mostly entertaining movie with built-in appeal to young audiences. The good news for parents is that it won't put them to sleep.Read the full review
Starts out with promise but staggers under the weight of trying to take on too much. The tone is murky: The story attempts to blend adolescent angst with fantasy adventure, and the result is rather clunky.Read the full review
Slick, good-looking, cluttered pic won't please fans of novelist Susan Cooper's original "The Dark Is Rising" sequence. But then, they are mostly grown-ups by now, and this very Hollywood-style adaptation of a very English book is aimed squarely at tweens.Read the full review
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