Claudia Kincaid has quite an imagination. She feels unappreciated by her parents and runs away into the city with her younger brother Jamie. Her plan is to live at The Met in Manhattan. They investigate an angel statute which is suspected to be a Michelangelo work and was donated by Mrs. Frankweiler (Ingrid Bergman).
This has nights in the museum and kids on an adventure. It's escapist fun. It's also fun to see 70's New York City. The kids are alright for the 70's but they're not growing up to be big names. The biggest name is Bergman. She's older but the spark is very much alive. This is adapted from a book so they are unlikely to change any big structural elements. If they were willing, I would keep most of the movie in The Met. Mrs. Frankweiler could go there to find the kids after they contact her. It just doesn't have the same energy in her home. The movie loses the excitement of hiding in the museum.
This has nights in the museum and kids on an adventure. It's escapist fun. It's also fun to see 70's New York City. The kids are alright for the 70's but they're not growing up to be big names. The biggest name is Bergman. She's older but the spark is very much alive. This is adapted from a book so they are unlikely to change any big structural elements. If they were willing, I would keep most of the movie in The Met. Mrs. Frankweiler could go there to find the kids after they contact her. It just doesn't have the same energy in her home. The movie loses the excitement of hiding in the museum.