Decent watch, can't say I'll watch it again, and can't recommend.
It feels like everyone involved did very well with the script they were handed. Martin Short and Mara Wilson pretty much carry the movie, despite the thousand distractions that kept occurring, to include entirely unnecessary scenes.
Kathleen Turner did her best with a lazily written villain, her story being the b story, and her hench dog being a more interesting character. Come to think of it, I don't think they developed her at all, she was just a bad person.
While it's fun to see how Martin Short kept busy from time to time, I can't say there is a lot to see here unless you were just a big fan of Matilda (better movie), and its hard to blame you for wanting to see what was next for Mara Wilson.
It feels like everyone involved did very well with the script they were handed. Martin Short and Mara Wilson pretty much carry the movie, despite the thousand distractions that kept occurring, to include entirely unnecessary scenes.
Kathleen Turner did her best with a lazily written villain, her story being the b story, and her hench dog being a more interesting character. Come to think of it, I don't think they developed her at all, she was just a bad person.
While it's fun to see how Martin Short kept busy from time to time, I can't say there is a lot to see here unless you were just a big fan of Matilda (better movie), and its hard to blame you for wanting to see what was next for Mara Wilson.