The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Regie:
Eli RothScenario:
Eric KripkeCamera:
Rogier StoffersMuziek:
Nathan BarrActeurs:
Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Colleen Camp, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sunny Suljic, Lorenza Izzo, Braxton Bjerken (meer)Streaming (2)
Samenvattingen(1)
Lewis wordt na het overlijden van zijn ouders naar zijn oom Jonathan gestuurd. Hij woont in een krakend oud huis met een mysterieuze tikkende klok. Er gebeuren de meest vreemde en onverwachte dingen waardoor Lewis er al snel achter komt dat er iets bijzonders aan de hand is met zijn oom, de vriendelijke buurvrouw Zimmerman en het huis, iets magisch! Lewis wordt door hen meegenomen in de wereld van magie en bezweringen, probeert hiermee indruk te maken op zijn nieuwe schoolvriend, maar ervaart dat er duistere krachten meespelen. Samen met zijn oom en buurvrouw neemt Lewis het op tegen deze duistere krachten en zijn zij vastberaden de magische klok in het huis te stoppen voordat deze de wereld verwoest. (Entertainment One Benelux)
(meer)Recensie (3)
If there's anything to avoid in the cinema this year, it's the new film by Eli Roth, his worst, and, unfortunately for me, the weakest film I've seen in the cinema this year. I'm surprised that this is his highest grossing film. I saw it in the cinema a week ago and completely forgot about it, so I'm only writing about it now (after a week!), which doesn't bode well. Eli Roth is the director of The Green Inferno, Hostel, Death Wish and Knock Knock, mostly gritty brutal films, and now he has made a horror family fantasy for kids around 6 years old! I don't mind teen comedies, but family horror for the little ones I'm not really into that anymore. The main boy is annoying, Jack Black overacts a lot; only Cate Blanchet is likeable. I didn't like the school setting, the house was visually okay, but the magic and the characters coming to life were very infantile. I literally suffered in the cinema, I was bored and if I didn't have FilmBooster I would have probably left the theatre. An adequate choice if you have kids or young siblings, but a rather painful affair for adult cor horror fans. Unfortunately, I regret the money I spent on the ticket after a long time. 30%.
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It's such a shame that it's so boring. The characters were uninteresting and kind of running around saying stuff, I guess. The kids were annoying. A waste of time. And it didn’t look like the actors were enjoying it, either. I suppose it might entertain you and give you a few nightmares... if you're five. If you're over ten, I don't think you'll get too excited.
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Horror fantasy under the baton of the director of Hostel could have been worse, but also better. The House with a Clock in Its Walls has a bland child hero, but this is offset by the presence of Cate Blanchett and, for the most part, Jack Black, who wasn't as annoying as usual. The magical story itself doesn't surprise with anything, but it doesn't offend either. The verbal shootouts between Blanchett and Black were mostly good, and so were the visuals of the house and monsters. All in all, a slightly creepy and heavily unpretentious film for the whole family that is just right for one viewing.
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