Though this is a pretty blatant attempt to surf the Harry Potter / Chronicles of Narnia wave, it isn’t entirely unsuccessful. The story is entertaining without being too challenging. Three kids and their newly-separated mom move into an inherited house in the country only to find that it’s a hotbed of brownies, fairies, goblins and trolls. The production design owed a good deal to Brian Froud, though I didn’t notice his name in the credits. Overall this was a reasonable use of a mid-to-high production budget. Mildly amusing
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