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DVD Harriet the Spy (Widescreen Collection)
This feature production from Nickelodeon is based on a popular kids' book from the 1960s by Louise Fitzhugh, and stars Michelle Trachtenberg as an 11-year-old wannabe journalist who writes all her observations about friends in a diary. When the book is stolen and read by her peers, she's ostracized. The film is hard to watch for all its sensory overload (rapid cuts, kooky camera angles), but its theme of finding a balance between a commitment to one's voice and one's obligations to others is fairly wise stuff. With Rosie O'Donnell and Eartha Kitt. --Tom Keogh
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Creepy, disgusting script
Harriets adventures include feeding laxatives to her rivals, and her bright friend's big plan is to set off a smoke bomb (incendiary) during a school assembly. Either one will get a kid expelled, arrested, and in the newspapers. Not amusing ! Then there's Golly telling her about the virtues of lying. If there is a lesson that could be drawn (which the movie misses), Harriet's secrecy from her parents manages to create a full blown crisis out of nothing, because she is showing the sort of behavior that (in a kid 2 years older) would be take as a possible symptoms for other bad things like self-mutilation or bulemia, as in the movie "Thirteen."
Ehhhh...not what I remember
I saw this movie as a teen, when it came out, and at the time absolutely loved it. The music, especially, but also the sort of joy running through it. Now watching it, though, I am just...less impressed. In fact, bored. Yeah, I'll go ahead and say it: I spent over eleven bucks on something I'm just bored with.
The special features are sparse, the movie lacks the sparkle I seem to remember...oh to be young again.
Anyhow, I am digging my Ren & Stimpy seasons 1 & 2, Pete and Pete and Clarissa Explains It All sets, so back to those. :)
Best movie since land before time part 6!
There are 88 used copies of this movie for sale, starting off at 33 cents. That may tell you something. People hate this thing so bad they are practicly giving it away!
Apparently, someone at Nickelodeon decieded it was time to make a feature film. What a better way to start out than with a sure fire classic like "harriet the spy"
I remember the hype when this movie came out. I remember the numerous advertisements for it. But mostly, I remember going to see it and feeling like an idiot.
What a great way to kick off your feature film market than to make a movie that completly sucked. Luckily, people knew a bad movie when they saw one, and this thing was forgotten almost instantly.
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This is a great story about a brilliant young girl who overcomes the cruelty of a family that does not treat her as she deserves. The villains are her parents and her teacher, Mrs Trunchbull. With the help of the kind teacher, Ms Honey, and her own magical powers, she manages to get adopted by her mentor and get rid of the villainous teacher who killed Ms Honey's parents. Not only does the book make some interesting statements about education and family, but the strong female protagonist is a neat role model for young girls. I loved it as a kid, and still appreciate it a great deal; also, the film version captures the imagery and intent nicely.
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The popular children's books by Mary Norton have been filmed before, but never with as much imagination and ingenuity as you'll find on display in this delightful fantasy film released to critical praise in 1998. The "Borrowers" of the title are a family of tiny people who live in the walls and under the floorboards in the homes of "normal-sized" humans; they earn their by "borrowing" the household items (string, food crumbs, buttons, etc.) needed to furnish their tiny hiding places and provide their meals. The little Clock family lives happily undisturbed in the home of an aged aunt, but when the aunt dies and her will is stolen by an unscrupulous lawyer (John Goodman), the Clocks face eviction and the frightening hazards of the outside world. Under the ingenious direction of Peter... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): John Goodman - Jim Broadbent Director(s): Peter Hewitt DVD Release Date: Released the 05 November 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I WOULD GIVE THIS MOVIE 5 STARS BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT I WOULD RECOMEMEND THAT YOU SEE THIS MOVIE IT IS VERY GOOD BUT A LITTLE SAD AND IT IS A FUN FILM TO WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN More Info about this DVD Director(s): Richard Friedman DVD Release Date: Released the 25 February 2003 Special Order
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Young Hal Scardino stars as a sensitive boy who discovers a way to bring plastic toys to life in a locked cupboard. One of those toys, a 19th-century Iroquois warrior (played by actor Litefoot), was actually a real warrior now only several inches tall. A bond eventually develops between boy and warrior, and a six-shooting toy cowboy (David Keith). As with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Indian in the Cupboard (which was written by E.T. scribe Melissa Mathison) is about a magical visitor connecting with a lonely child. But director Frank Oz (In & Out) has made the film far too stiff and dramatically flat to get across the enchantment necessary to make the fantasy work. Watching this is like listening to someone who can't tell a good story to save his life,... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Hal Scardino - Litefoot Director(s): Frank Oz DVD Release Date: Released the 03 July 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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