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The roles portrayed in the movie, is very stereotypical. Which make the movie something you'd expect on the lifetime channel. The girl does a good job carrying the movie,in the scenes with the lion.
But you don't believe them to be a family.
story is:
A dad brings home a white lion cub to his family on Christmas eve,than later when his daughter has grown attached to it and it starts to grow up. He goes: "don't get to attached to the animal,it is a wild animal".. If you don't want you daughter, whom you dragged against her will from London to Africa to grow attached to a lion cub. Than don't bring it home like it some sort of a cute kitten.
Also the wife is very 1950 ish, Always happy always expecting hubby to make the right choice.
Another thing that bothers me, and make the movie very campy,is that whenever her dad says something the daughter don't agree with, she just pout a bit. Than they are a happy family again.
That would probably work back in civilization,whee you have friends etc. But when you live in the middle of nowhere Africa, and have no social activities to distract you, or cheer you up. I think there would be trouble in paradise. And OFC in best Disney style, the wife's very little independent.
Personally, if it was me. I would feed the dad to the lions he keep. Cause he is not a likable guy.
The Camera work is sometimes very good, otertimes quite bad. They need better editing. Sometimes there are shot of the girls feet and the lions body,which means the camera has been too close in. Shots like that should end up on the cutting room flor.
The movie isn't bad,but it's just ok. Too much Disney style with the whole happy family, and bad guys with 5 o clock shade
score 4/10
Eddie_weinbauer 4 May 2019
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1-12-2019 21:45:10
