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Just saw this film for the first time in 10 years and I still really enjoyed it. The characters are funny, the actors are perfect for the roles they were given and the story, as often as it has been told, was well executed. The three musketeers is a story I have grown up with. I've seen and read pretty much every version out there, but this is still one of the most enjoyable versions. It is a film that you can enjoy at any time of the day. It is not a popcorn kind of film and you don't have to pay endless amounts of attention either. It is not a brain teaser. Just kick back and enjoy. You will not regret watching it if you are looking for a light hearted comedy with a pinch of drama.

Produced by Walt Disney Studios and loosely based on the Alexandre Dumas père epic 'cloak and sword' romance novel, "The Three Musketeers" is a lighthearted action / adventure flick plenty of humor with a good cast of (then) young stars, some of them coming from previous collaborations such as "Young Guns" or "Flatliners".

Director Stephen Herek ("Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"; "The Mighty Ducks") and the screenwriter David Loughery ("Dreamscape"; "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier") gave it a modern twist to some of the dialogue and situations and the result is a fresh take on an all time classic, a 'popcorn flick' that entertains without insulting the audience.

The characters are colorful enough; the humor works; the pace is frantic and the action sequences are mostly, well done, the movie never gets boring and the cast delivers appropriate performances, from the over the top cheesy villain of "Mr. Rocky Horror Picture Show", Tim Curry as the malevolent Cardinal Richelieu to the more serious in tone, but way effective, Rebecca De Mornay as Milady de Winter.

Chris O'Donnell & Gabrielle Anwar, fresh from their breakthrough roles alongside Al Pacino in Martin Brest's "Scent of a Woman", play respectively D'Artagnan and Queen Anne of Austria, with Hugh O'Connor (the young Christy Brown in "My Left Foot") as her husband, King Louis XIII of France. O'Donnell displays well on-screen the reckless Gascon who dreams to be an honored Musketeer like his late father.

Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland, together again after "Young Guns", play the (not so) religious Aramis and the regretful Athos, with Oliver Platt stealing all the Three Musketeers' scenes as the flamboyant 'bon-vivant', Porthos. Sheen got the top billing due to his star status back in '93, but his character is the emptiest in story arc and the Musketeer with less screentime (and less memorable, too).

Michael Wincott, forever the 'baddie' ("Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves"; "The Crow"; "1492 - Conquest of Paradise") is once again, excellent portraying an evil character as Captain Rochefort.

Julie Delpy's role as Constance is too small for even get some consideration and Paul McGann in the dual role of the D'Artagnan's fellow Gascon with a feud, Girard and one of the Cardinal's guards, De Jussac plays both differently as if it were not the same actor.

In short, if a viewer wants to watch a more sober, closer to the book and much longer adaptation of this all time classic, should check the Salkind's produced epics of the 70's directed by Richard Lester and starred by Michael York as D'Artagnan; Oliver Reed as Athos; Richard Chamberlain as Aramis; Faye Dunaway as Milady De Winter and Charlton Heston as the Cardinal, if not, and just want to spend less than 2 hours of pure escapism, this version is the one to get.

Fans of movies such as "Young Guns", "The Rocketeer", "The Mummy" or "The Mask of Zorro" will appreciate this unpretentious, but entertaining flick.

Nope, it's by no means an accurate adaptation of Dumas' original work. Umm, does nanyone really care? Dumas' plot, while interesting in and of itself to many, is probably not one that many folks who think of "the Three Musketters" could actually _tell_ you.

This movie sets out to more or less capture the feel of such films, rather than the source material itself. In that regard, it's not too badly done. The characters are pretty broadly drawn, but adequate for the younger audience they're aimed at. Sutherland, Platt, and Sheen all seem way too young, but at least the first two are entertaining. Platt in particular manages to steal every scene he's in.

By the same token, Richelieu's character is simplified to "generic bad guy." The King and Queen seem too young as well (although they're represented age may be novelistically and/or historically accurate - again, could most folks really tell you, or care?).

Overall, I'd recommend the movie for some light entertainment, but don't take it too seriously.

First and foremost, if you have read the Dumas book, then you realize that this movie doesn't resemble the novel in the slightest. The only thing that this movie got right was the names of the characters!

However, I am a big advocate in saying that you should never compare a movie back to its book, and I use this movie as an example. This story has been "Disney-fied" so that it can be called a family film. If you read the book, a true adaptation would not be family entertainment. Disney changed everything that they do. Read the Tarzan novel and compare to the cartoon. BIG changes there. The Little Mermaid. How convenient that Disney left out the fact that Ariel dies at the end of the story.

But what we should judge is the end result. This movie is still entertaining, despite having nothing to do with its literary influence. The characters are portrayed with the same attributes that they have in the book. For instance, D'Artagnan, while very duty bound and honorable, is young and headstrong, and prone to impulsive decisions that will help him to prove his skill and worth. Porthos is self serving and self praising, very vain and cocky, yet has a lust for the finer things in life. Aramis is humble and religious, but very skilled and intelligent, making him a very formidable soldier, yet he also loves the finer things in life. And Athos loves his wine, trying to bury himself in a alcoholic haze to hide the pain that he suffered in losing the love of his life. All of these come through in the movie, and all of the actors were great in performing them.

As far as the story is concerned, Disney likes things black and white, good vs evil. And so, the story changes to make the Cardinal a power hungry man with his own interests in mind. He wasn't like that in the book or in real life, but he was underhanded, and Tim Curry does another great job as the villain that he steals the show.

Overall, a great and enjoyable movie, worth watching with the family.

Spectacular swordplay in modern style in this acceptable version of the classic Dumas novel . Walt Disney presents Dumas' exciting story of love and adventure ,¨The three musketeers¨ . For the fourth time is adapted in the greatest Hollywood splendor , the complete romance , the historical characters, the full novel partially as Alexandre Dumas wrote it . It is packed with comedy , derring-do , intrigue, a love story , action , drama and moving swordplay . An awesome casting and lavish production shot in Austria and England make for a fairly amusement swashbuckler . This is the classic version of the Dumas's novel with a handsome Chris O'Donnell in a brave role as a young and handsome soldier of fortune , a dashing, audacious lover. It results to be a slight and hight budgeted retelling about the durable Alexandre Dumas's novel with all star cast. This delightful adaptation based on Alexandro Dumas classic novel starts with the youngster D'Artagnan who arrives in Paris . But he meets with three two-fisted Musketeers , Athos ( Kiefer Sutherland), a rollicking adventurer , fighting to live and living to love , Porthos (Oliver Platt) and Aramis ( Charlie Sheen ). DÁrtagnan learns they are the famous Musketeers and is invited to unite them in their objective to struggle against guards of Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry), his deputy Rochefort (Michael Wincott), and an astute secret agent named Milady De Winter (Rebecca De Mornay) who is lovely as a jewel, deadly as a dagger the wickedest woman in all Christendom . Meanwhile, D'Artagnan falls in love with a gorgeous young named Constance (Julie Delpy) , she is a golden-haired beauty entangled in a web of treachery and intrigue. Furthermore , there is developed an intrigue between Luis XIII (Hugh O'Conor ), Queen Anna of Austria (Gabrielle Anwar) , dazzling as her gilded palace for her, men dared a thousand perils , and Duke of Buckingham ; and of course the nasty Richelieu . The musketeers join forces for royal vengeance with the shout : ¨One for all and all for one¨.

It's a recent take on from the immortal novel with big budget and impressive scenarios . The movie contains noisy adventure , thrills, romantic adventure, mayhem and a lot of fights . Amusing swashbuckling with lavish production by Jon Avnet and Joe Roth , glamorous costumes by John Mollo and lush settings by Wolf Kroeger . Agreeable acting by main star cast formed by ageing Brat-Packers as Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland and enjoyable support players , as the marvelous main actors are completed by stellar cast full of nice and likable performers and several others . Evocative cinematography in the splendor of glimmer color by Dean Semler . Stirring musical score by Michael Kamen with successful song ¨ All for love¨ by Rod Stewart and Adams. Luxurious production design is well reflected on the lush interiors and exteriors filmed at palaces from Austria and UK . The motion picture is professionally realized by Stephen Herek . This classy story is subsequently remade on several versions , firstly take on about this classic is the following : 1921 silent version by Fred Niblo with Douglas Fairbanks and going on the 1935 adaptation by Rowland V Lee with Walter Abel and Paul Lukas ; 1973 amusing version by Richard Lester with Michael York, Oliver Reed , Raquel Welch and Charlton Heston as Richelieu ; 2001 rendition by Peter Hyams with Justin Chambers, Mena Suvari and Tim Roth , among others. ¨The three Musketeers¨ is an outstanding and entertaining adaptation of the classy that will appeal to the costumer genre buffs and it turns out to be a cool adaptation with big budget based on the classic tale . Rating : 6 , well worth seeing . Definitively it is a bemusing swashbuckling, full of action, adventures,romance , comedy with tongue-in-cheek , old-fashioned family romp , broad slapdash and of course , lot of fence .

Disney's version of `The Three Musketeers' was made like lightning in order to undercut some other studio's version - or perhaps to prevent some other studio from undercutting Disney, I'm not sure which. In either case it shows signs of haste. There's none of your intricate, dazzlingly inventive swordplay or action sequences; there's lots of competently executed, run-of-the-mill, whatever-works-simplest stuff instead. Characters consist of their costumes and little more. There's el-lame-o dialogue. Anything that separates `The Three Musketeers' - the work by Dumas, that is - from any other swashbuckler, has been ruthlessly excised.

I found myself liking it all the same. The fact that I liked it is a fact about ME, and not the film, which is not, I'll admit, very good. But there is one fact about the film I'd like to draw everyone's attention to. The musketeers clearly think morality is something very important, but their concrete notions of right and wrong are decidedly odd. In fact they're downright primitive: like Aristotlean physics, only sillier. There is so little common ground between the code of honour of the musketeer and our own code that we throw up our hands in despair; we don't even bother to adopt the musketeer's code as our own for the purposes of the fiction; and yet, somehow, our sympathy is always with the musketeer.

I shouldn't say `somehow'. This strange feeling of sympathy is something to write home about when one encounters it in the novel, whereas in the film we have a villain - a cardinal, no less, and who likes cardinals - who all but has horns and a tail. Still, SOME feeling of forlorn bloodlust carries over from the book, to give a tint to what would otherwise be a very colourless film.

Athos (Keifer Sutherland), Porthos (Oliver Platt), Aramis (Charlie Sheen) and D'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnel) team up to battle the nefarious schemes of Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) to usurp power in 17th century France. Now told under the name of Walt Disney Productions, and from the director of Bill & Ted and The Mighty Ducks, Stephen Herek.

Although it may not the most accurate or layered adaptation of Dumas' tale, Disney's 90s version still offers a decent swashbuckler. This is down to a charismatic cast, special points towards the great Michael Wincott and his icy voice as the deadly Rochefort, alongside a wonderfully charming Platt as the bon-vivant Porthos, who provides the brunt of the comedy in the film with his hands-off lifestyle. Throw in some nifty and uncluttered sword fights shot with patience and grace instead of clumsy shaky cam, and even a playful yet also thrilling score by the late Michael Kamen, and these go a way to help out.

However, don't expect a lot of the intricacies, extensive development and politics of the original story, or the self awareness of the more renowned Richard Lester films of the 70s. This as basic and lean a 'Musketeers' telling as you'll find anywhere. Plus, being a 90s Disney live-action film, it's super safe and predictable, even for a story as often told as this one. You can tell who's good, who's bad and what happens next right from the word go, thanks to often hammy performances from the support cast, as well as rather basic, rote dialogue.

Regardless, as far as its brethren of that era go, this is one of the company's better live-action efforts amidst a slew of lame remakes and comedian star vehicles. If you may not be in the mood of the wilder hijinks of 'Pirates' or 'National Treasure', this should fit the bill just fine.

Lightheaded and lighthearted this is the definition of escapist entertainment and that is meant as a compliment. Something to watch when you want to relax and not have to think about the plot of the movie.

Chris O'Donnell is impish if a bit callow in the lead but the real show is musketeers anyway and there is where the movie excels. Keifer is suitably brooding as Athos and Charlie Sheen, before he became a surly twitchy mess, is a charming Aramis. The standout however is Oliver Platt going full on ham as Porthos giving a delightfully over the top performance and walking off with the picture whenever he is on screen.

Rebecca De Mornay also seems to be having a good time enacting the villainous Milady de Winter, she's sexy and silky. Lastly there is Tim Curry positively consuming the scenery as Cardinal Richelieu, in his flowing red robes he and Oliver Platt are in a dead heat for biggest scene stealer.

The production is high class with vibrant with color and beautiful settings, true it bears only a passing kinship with the source book but it is a fun time with lots of action and a carefree mood.

Alexander Dumas' great book has been adapted to film numerous times. And for a good reason, for it is a great story, full of adventure, political intrigue, great characters and daring deeds. Yet I'd claim that it is not really suited for being a movie. Or at least I haven't seen a version yet that manages to capture the spirit and greatness of the original novel.

That being said, despite its obvious flaws, this particular film is actually rather enjoyable. Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland and Oliver Platt portray Aramis, Athos and Porthos, respectively, while Chris O'Donnell plays D'Artagnan. D'Artagnan is a son of a musketeer, an elite guard of the king of France, and is all set out to become one himself. Unfortunately, just as he travels to Paris, Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) has disbanded the musketeers as obsolete and outdated, all while vying for power over the young king. And thus all the musketeers have put down their swords. All except three, thus the title.

What the movie gets right is the energy and the adventure. All the main characters are played by good actors and they give solid, entertaining performances. Curry is especially enjoyable as a completely over the top villain. The action scenes are also very good and the whole film looks very nice, having great production values. Definitely a film for all adventure fans.

Where the film fails is as an adaptation. The events of the book are not followed all that closely and a lot of the story lines have been completely dropped. And even when they follow the book, it seems that they are in a rush. Like the scene where D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers meet for the first time. It is a classic scene that been imitated countless of times, but in this film it happens in under five minutes. Like they were in a terrible hurry, which is a real disservice to such a great scene.

All in all, The Three Musketeers is at its best if you don't know all that much about the original story from the book. As a standalone film it is a fun little adventure film with good characters. Still, I've seen far worse adaptations.

simply put, It's a "fun" movie. But if you care about the history then this isn't for you. But perhaps is entertaining enough to inspire a 1993 Disney viewer into reading about the true story.

definitely not a current Disney release with essence of the films i had while growing up, ie "flight of the navigator." It's good humored, some really good lines actually. Not necessarily factural but still entertaining.

I still prefer watching this over "the musketeer" jet lee meets french swordsmanship... grrrr

the comments about Chris O'Donnells acting is correct but may just be from simplistic diolog that does not follow any linguistic styles of the time. But expected from a Disney production. Tim Curry does a fantastic job actually, simplicit still but he does his job at holding together the piece as well as the comedy from Oliver Platt, very enjoyable. But once again, if anything let this entertain and inspire you to adventure into the story of the three musketeers

This film is but a true fun adventure. It's not to be taken absolutely serious. Nor a direct adaption of the classic book. Has quite notable performances by Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Wincott, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, and Paul Mcgann. The cinematography as well is noteworthy, two shots that stand out, that i always use in compilations, the shot of them riding across the plains, and when they charge the castle at the end, with an army of musketeers behind them; always takes my breath away. This is a fun movie! Watch for an escape of reality.

This is a quite safe, undetailed and conventionally entertaining adaptation of the Musketeers' story directed somewhat towards young audiences. It excludes all types of mature, controversial and hard-to-interpret elements of the novel and if one claims it to be the worst film adaptation of the novel for that reason, it is in a way true. But I see it this way, it is a very pleasant experience to watch the film because it never got boring or incomprehensible. It may be called a good family movie to watch in a tired mind.

The cast is not bad. Keifer Sutherland, whom I consider as one of the most underrated actor of our time, is a good Athos. Charlie Sheen as Aramis is also fine. But Chris O'Donnell as D'Artagnan ? That was perhaps a poor choice. And I don't know, Oliver Platt is just not good enough to be Porthos. That character had more gravity.

Pretty good adoptation. Even if it's nothing like the book. And it's kind of ridicules, or very very ridicules. But still a fun time. The actors is what makes this movie. The cast does a great job. The three muskuteers are charming and likable and each character stands out but everyone gets room to shine. And their young protégé D'artangnan (the protagonist of the movie) is so naiv it's like sheer stupidity, but it's suppose to be bravery. The villains are also hilarious and great. And the women beautiful and charming. It's a classic Hollywood 90s adventure. The cast even manage to squees out real griping emotions when it's time for drama. Even how ridicules the nonsense plot is, or how the only thing it takes from the book is the names of the characters, it's a fun ride!

So, I really enjoyed my experience with this movie that is probably long forgotten by most people today. Kind of weird feeling also to remember watching this as a kid and finding it really exciting and a bit frightening, and today see that it's almost a movie for children, I guess that's why I liked it so much as a child. But what's feelt even weirder then that, is the knowledge of that the actors, that today have made very different careers and are famous for many other things but this movie, where younger shooting this then I am today. That's crazy! Guess that's life, time just go on. Cest la vie. Still a good classical fun movie though!

If memory serves, I'd written this off as a "Prince of Thieves" cash-in at the time (even as a teen, it seemed obvious). But it's an unfair comparison and "The Three Musketeers" is entirely its own thing. This is a spirited, well-mounted adventure with evident chemistry between the lead foursome. Not to mention Tim Curry's undeniable screen presence and Michael Kamen's expert scoring. It's a good story with enough weight but still a sense of fun throughout; and you can primarily thank Oliver Platt for this, because he's clearly having fun. Plus, he's able to hold his own against the bigger names in the cast.

Add in the clanging of rapiers and some wonderfully un-Disney sexuality, Older Me finds this movie a pleasure to watch.

This was an uneven picture. The sets and costumes were excellent, the cinematography and directing good. The cast was uneven. Ironically, the good and bad casting cut right down the middle: all the bad guys were good actors – all the good guys bad.

Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu was excellent: sleazy, slimy and elegant. Budding actors take note: one challenge an actor has is when his line is a single word. Study Curry's single line: "Three?".

Michael Wincott entirely complements Curry as Richelieu's evil 'hit man'. His gravely voice lends credence to his heartlessness.

Rebecca de Mornay gives a good performance of a good girl gone bad.

Now to the good guys, our Musketeers. Keifer Sutherland? His casting must be some kind of incestuous Hollywood affirmative action. How else can you explain his non-talent presence? Chris O'Donnell? A pretty faced non-talent.

Oliver Platt? Barely adequate. Too portly and unathletic for an action hero.

Charlie Sheen looks quite handsome with long hair and a goatee. He gives his usual performance, neither good nor bad, merely competent. Unfortunately, his religious fervor is not quite believable.

There is some script failure here. The 'wronged sister' gang, apparently inserted for comic relief, is entirely unnecessary, as the Musketeers are comic enough themselves. Nor is the gang particularly amusing.

The tragic love affair involving the de Mornay character was quite touching in Dumas' original, unfortunately the film makers dropped the ball here. My guess is they substituted action for story development and this fell by the wayside.

Of course, casting the King as a good guy, or any French king, is laughable. Especially amusing for the idealistic values he espouses. All the kings of France got a good laugh at that little speech.

Which leads to the 3rd failure: too much action, i.e. way too many casualties, more than necessary. The sword fighting, except the last scene, was not exceptional. The film makers should have viewed a few Errol Flynn movies first: better fighting, fewer deaths.

What saves this film is the power of Dumas' original story (this is the 4th movie version), the excellent acting of the villains, and the attention to detail, authenticity, costuming and sets.

I am aware that there is a book of The Three Musketeers, but I haven't read it, so it doesn't matter...what matters is the film itself.

Now, as I have made absolutely clear in the summary above, there are a few movies that are so good that I feel like re-watching them as soon as the credits role. And as I have made clear blahdeblahdeblah...this is one.

The atmosphere is mad and more fun than a barrel of chimpanzees on LSD. The underground dungeons with flaming torches and people sticking their arms through the sardine-like grids and the eeeeeeeeeeevil villains who are shown as ruthless from the word go, are textbook cheese, and just what is needed in this film.

Straight away, we are thrown into the action, with some very pleasant surprises. Chris O Donnell as the hotheaded D'Artagnian, Keifer Sutherland as the (fairly) straight-headed Athos, Oliver Platt as the bonkers but ingenious Porthos (with tricks up his sleeve that come out of nowhere such as a triple-bladed dagger), Charlie Sheen as the religious Aramis, the beautiful Julie Delpy as lady-in-waiting constance, Tim Curry and Michael Wincott as the classic bad guy double-act (with evil villain and secondary baddie with eyepatch), even Paul McGann in a hilarious double-role, sometimes playing a leader in the Cardinal's guard, but mostly playing a wuss who has it in the neck about his sister's 'honour' with D'Artagnian (and was clearly never breastfed by his mother). Not to mention the hilarious mullet that Hugh O Connor sports as the king of France!

The entire film consists of swinging thin swords about, jumping onto moving carts and up and down walls while swinging said swords, meeting beautiful women, and with an exciting climax at the end. If you've read the book, good for you. I hope you enjoyed it. But if you're devoted to it, then avoid any contact with this film. It's action all out romp where the brain does not have to work hard, but just sits back, relaxes, and escapes. If you want deep 'real-life' and 'gritty' stuff, then forget it. This film has none of that. Good vs bad, simple as that.

I'll be honest, I deeply loathe, despise and detest Disney Fairy stories (though animations such as Toy Story and The Lion King get a thumbs-up from me). Having said that though, the mouse house do a damn fine line up in feel-good action romps such as this one and Pirates of the Caribbean, and if you disagree then dive head first into a hospital surgery bin.

I've read many negative opinions of this film. And I can understand those angry people who say it has nothing in common with the classic novel or some even say this film disgraces it. I can understand them but I don't agree with them.

First of all I'd like to say that I've been a dire-hard fan of the classic novel since my childhood (now I'm 28). Especially I loved D'Artagnan an Atos. And I loved Milady!!! Yes I really loved her! She was such a bitchy girl! (I'd like to watch her playing by young Sharon Stone, but maybe it's too much!). So the guys were the heroes of my childhood and I 've always realized all the brilliance of the novel and its characters!

So when I watched this film for the first time (approx. in 1995-96) I was so angry with it! "How could they spoil such a beautiful story!", I exclaimed. But with years I became much more patient with this film and began to realize that it's quite good but on its own. You see, so many times filmmakers tried to screen The Three Musketeers. Some did better some did worse. In Russia we have our own version of the novel which is made in style of a musical (and have always been of a great popularity here). But the Disney version is something new. Something that has never been done before.

Yes there're a lot of clichés there. There're constant discrepancies with the novel. There're talks and actions that could never happen in those times. But there is a lot of fun in this film! And it's not an absurd fun like in Hot Shots or Men In Tights. It's a warm and light-hearted fun for children and adults. It's, as we say in Russia, AN OLD STORY IN A NEW WAY. And it surely has a right to live.

And finally I'd like to say that only those who really understand and adore The Three Musketeers by A. Dumas are able to enjoy this movie. Like a king who is perfectly aware of his greatness and power would never be seriously angry with his jester.

This is what Swashbuckling is all about. It's not a book. It's Hollywood and it's a cartoon. That's what the writer, director and actors envisioned. It's what they portrayed. The basic triumph of good over evil, of justice over self-serving malice. Escapism! And in that light, it's brilliantly done. Come on, it's not a literary masterpiece, nor was it intended to be. It's every child's vision of The Three Musketeers. No different than Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirtate. Just plain fun! Have you ever known any real heroes? The archetype is men or women who laugh in the face of danger, give all for those who are weaker and have an attitude of irreverence for all they encounter. They don't think of themselves as greater than others. They just know what their responsibilities are, and they execute them. Sheen, Platt, Sutherland, and O'Donnell all act this out in expert fashion.

I have not read the novel by Alexandre Dumas père, but we all already know that this is not, and was never going to be, the most accurate adaptation of it. This is about what you'd expect Disney to release. There is humor that only a child would laugh at(which is not to say that this isn't funny at all), everything is divided into black & white(meanwhile, kudos to them for not making it look as though all religious people are bad), and history is sanitized almost beyond recognition, to preserve the so-called innocence that the majority of adults(well, in the Western world anyway) prefer to believe their off-spring possess. With that said, this is an entertaining ride. The characters could use fleshing out. Curry and, to a slightly lesser extent, Wincott, are deliciously evil, making them immensely enjoyable to watch. Tim on-screen is like those Saturday morning cartoon villains who chuckle menacingly at their own fiendish plots. Platt portrays a jerk as usual. DeMornay does what she's known for doing, if toned down what with this being a family film. Parts of this are irritating to everyone over the age of seven. The story is easy enough to follow. There is mild language and violence, and sex tends to be hinted at or vaguely referred to in dialog. I recommend this to anyone into the genres. 7/10