Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)

An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.

Director:

Christopher N. Rowley

Writers:

Tom Butterworth (screenplay), Simon Bosanquet (additional material)

Stars:

Emily Watson, Raffey Cassidy, Lesley Manville

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Emily Watson	...	Miss Trinklebury
Raffey Cassidy	...	Molly Moon
Lesley Manville	...	Miss Adderstone
Celia Imrie	...	Edna the Cook
Sadie Frost	...	Mrs. Alabaster
Dominic Monaghan	...	Nockman
Joan Collins	...	Nockman's Mother Tracey
Anne-Marie Duff	...	Lucy Logan the Librarian
Camilla Arfwedson	...	Publicist
Ben Miller	...	Mr. Alabaster
Tom Wisdom	...	Charlie Cooper
Omid Djalili	...	Barry Rix
Nina Young	...	Journalist 1
Gary Kemp	...	Cregg
Grahame Fox	...	Shotgun

Storyline

This movie is about a young orphan girl who just happens to come across a hypnotizing book. She hypnotizes her way onto a London show and becomes rich and famous. But she loses her best friend due to her lack of attention yowards him. And a man also wants her book. He tracks her all the way to London and takes her dog. In order to get it back, she must help him steal the plunder from some robbers just after they robbed the richest bank in London of all its jewels.

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Plot Keywords:

orphan | hypnosis | close up of eye | tween girl | strong female lead | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements and brief language

User Reviews

Charming, but not much effort

It's funny how this movie escaped my radar. Back a few years I was actually an AVID reader of the Molly Moon books. And this movie being made 2 years ago when I found out stunned how I had no idea of it before. And after watching it, I can see why. It was a very poor adaptation, and it seemed either the budget was low (I mean, the studios were MINUSCULE compared to the big names) or the screenwriter wasn't caring that much. It had a bit of a clunky pace and it struggled to stay on tracks. While some scenes seemed word by word from the book, with even some funny nods (like a flip of a page in Molly's notebook shows a sketch of the book's cover) while some scenes were jumbled out of place. And I really don't see why, when the movie was barely 1 hour and a half, when 2 hours could've covered the book page by page.

However, the movie material was actually good. Raffey Cassidy was DELIGHTFUL. Her acting felt very natural and she was really pulling out how I imagined Molly. The other children were really natural at their scenes, when we know how hard is for children to act, the younger, the hardest. As a stand-alone movie, it felt harmless, but fun and enjoyable. As an adaptation, I felt SO MUCH disregard by the screenwriter I feel really sorry for the book and I sure wish the writer felt disapppointed, her series was marvelous and could've done much better as a cartoon.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 2016 (UK)

Also Known As:

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$42,176

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amber Entertainment, Lipsync Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color