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Overview

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5.7/10   4,308 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Lynne Reid Banks (novel)
Melissa Mathison (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 July 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Adventure comes to life
Plot:
On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 nominations more
User Comments:
A Family Film Gone Wrong more (37 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Hal Scardino ... Omri
Litefoot ... Little Bear
Lindsay Crouse ... Jane

Richard Jenkins ... Victor
Rishi Bhat ... Patrick

Steve Coogan ... Tommy Atkins (British medic)

David Keith ... Boo-hoo Boone

Sakina Jaffrey ... Lucy

Vincent Kartheiser ... Gillon

Nestor Serrano ... Teacher
Ryan Olson ... Adiel
Leon Tejwani ... Baby Martin
Lucas Tejwani ... Baby Martin
Christopher Conte ... Purple Mohawk
Cassandra Brown ... Emily (girl in Omri's class)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and brief video images of violence and sexy dancing.
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96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
On the DVD commentary, Frank Oz stated he was reluctant to direct this movie, as he doesn't think he's a children's director. more
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Continuity: When Omri is opening his birthday presents around the kitchen table, the rat-in-the-ball is on the table; two seconds later, it's gone, with nobody acting as having picked it up. more
Quotes:
Boone: [after Omri picks him up to stop him from shooting Little Bear] I'm tired of getting hauled around all the time! I might'a known you'd take the side of that stinkin' savage!
Little Bear: He smells, Omri, and he calls me a dirty savage.
Boone: Oh, I didn't call ya *dirty*. I CALLED YA *STINKIN'*!
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Referenced in "Showbiz Today: (1995-07-13)" (1995) more

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A Family Film Gone Wrong, 27 January 2006
2/10
Author: elscorcho10101 from United States

I'll totally exclude the fact that they raped the book. The book is delightful, enchanting and enthralling.

The movie is the total opposite of all these things. The acting is awful on all fronts. Terrible directing from Frank Oz, terrible casting, terrible everything. I only revisited this disaster to put myself to sleep last night.

There are only a few circumstances for anyone to be seeing this.

Dodge at all costs unless you're curious about the book comparison or if you have a kid that you need to distract for 90 minutes or so. Horrendous adaptation, horrendous film-making.

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