Review of Escape to Witch Mountain (1995) by Brian S — 06 Aug 2011

I think the Disney people had a wild idea to make a live-action movie about two kids with magic powers to help show off their Disney-ness. they didn't have any real good story ideas, they just wanted to get the sucker made.

the result, I imagine, was this movie. the story is awful. the children's dialogue is some of the worst expositional nonsense I've ever heard (although their acting, given the circumstances, isn't half bad).

the adult characters were vapid cliches and the star casting was just insulting. if you want to show kids spaceships and dancing puppets, take them to a planetarium or theatre--don't drain their brain cells and yours with this movie.