My daughter had read and enjoyed the book and I don’t recall ever being disappointed by Jodie Foster so off we went today.
It was surprisingly well done and all enjoyed, my wife and I and more importantly my 10 year old daughter who read the book and my 8 year old son who had not.
Jodie was excellent and it was interesting seeing her play opposite a good child actress (Abigail Breslin) in a movie where Abigail was the real star. I was thinking Jodi was probably the second most famous and successful child star after only Shirley Temple. She did great in this movie.
I have been very critical of Dakota Fanning that many like, I found Abigail Breslin to be a very good and believable actress. In ways she reminded me of Jodi Foster as a child. I still haven’t seen Little Miss Sunshine (2006) but I understand she was excellent in that one.
The movie was funny; they avoided some obvious and blatant dumb movie slapstick and got creative when they indulged in silliness.
Anyway it was a very good family movie.
Jim