Summary: A young girl and her shape-shifting animal companion - both of whom live in a universe parallel to our own - find themselves whisked away into an adventure containing abducted children, witches, warrior bears and prophecies.
Things I Liked: The visual effects (much of the animation is excellent). The casting and acting, particularly that of the leads, is quite good. The film is well directed and for the most part, the plot moves along quickly and clearly.
Things I Didn't Like: The architectural design of many of the buildings in the movie seemed (to me) to be wholly unoriginal. Some of the longer running battle and/or spectacle-laden scenes could stand to be trimmed. Also cringeworthy (yet probably unavoidable): vital exposition delivered via character dialogue increases exponentially as the film progresses.
Three and One Half Stars out of Five Stars
FilmWatch Ratings Legend:
One Star: Hated it
Two Stars: Didn't like it
Three Stars: Liked it
Four Stars: Really liked it
Five Stars: Loved it
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