Review of CJ7 (2008) by Svein H — 20 Sep 2009

This one felt very different - strangely sane, almost - compared to other Chow movies. It took about 20 minutes of viewing before I realized that this was a children's movie.

I think good children's films are usually top notch, so no problem there, but this one is closer to average. Some insane moments, which are among the best in the film, but it's really a hodge-podge of everything, and it doesn't work. Some comedy, some social commentary, some drama, some sci-fi, some tragedy... The results are incoherent and somewhat lesser than the sum of its parts, but still firmly in the "OK"-bucket.