adventure, Parental Guidance: How Family-Friendly Are, October 3, 2015 On a directorial front, Bird once again shows a strong talent for imaginative design and smart sequencing, which results in a number of fun and memorable action/adventure set pieces, as well as some humorous or unique slower beats in between the big moments. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization, earns a small affiliate fee from Amazon or iTunes when you use our links to make a purchase. Other brands include Coca-Cola, Jeep, Chevy, Cadillac, iPhone, Oreo, Pepsi, Electrolux, Beeman's gum, eBay, Tesla, and Greyhound. Comments. There's far too much build up to a mystery destination, but very little actual payoff when it comes to actually seeing or experiencing it. Movie Review Tomorrowland 2015, Story, Trailers |As a young boy, Frank Walker displayed a streak of inventive genius that would be honed to near-perfection by the time he reaches adulthood. Audience Reviews for Tomorrowland Jun 03, 2016 Right at the beginning of the piece, there is a flashback story to explain the history of George Clooney's character. Nix shuts him down. Fifty years later, in the present, Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) is the brilliant, optimistic daughter of a soon-to-be-unemployed NASA engineer (Tim McGraw). What to Watch, Read, and Play While Your Kids Are Stuck Indoors, Common Sense Selections for family entertainment, Stoke kids' love of reading with great summer stories, Teachers: Find the best edtech tools for your classroom with in-depth expert reviews, 7 consejos para criar niños bilingües usando los medios y la tecnología, Wide Open School: recursos para el aprendizaje a distancia. In Tomorrowland, scientists are asked to profit from a sick world, not to save it. The cast is pretty small beyond that primary circle, with appearances from Keegan Michael-Key (Key & Peele), Kathryn Hahn (Park and Rec), Chris Bauer (True Blood), and Tim McGraw as Casey's engineer father. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. But messages and eye-popping visuals aside, the story is missing an important layer of emotional depth. Language includes insults like "idiot" and "stupid," plus "damn," "hell," and some cut-off phrases like "son of a!" What! Share Share Tweet Email. Parents and caregivers: Set limits for violence and more with Plus. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Where did things go wrong for Frank and for the world he shares with us? But despite some inspired themes, messages, and some imaginative and fun production design, Bird and screenwriter Damon Lindelof (Prometheus, Lost) fall short of delivering the sort of fun, Amblin Entertainment-style adventure film they were clearly shooting for. As the object of our hope and optimism, Tomorrowland remains something vague and half-imagined - which is either sign of something bright sparking, or a flicking ember trying to stay aflame. Does that excuse everything they do? Tomorrowland opens with grizzled George Clooney as Frank Walker telling us, “When I was a kid, the future was different,” whereupon we see his young self (the ideally cast Thomas Robinson) enthusiastically toting his homemade “jet pack” invention (actually a modified Electrolux vacuum cleaner) to the World’s Fair. George Clooney plays Frank Walker, a scruffy, grumpy inventor who has closed himself off from the world on his New York farm. Kofi Outlaw (former Editor-in-Chief, 2008 - 2016) has a B.A. And the film is fun. Music: Michael Giacchino Still, families will appreciate the clearly positive messages about using innovation, invention, and engineering to make the future a brighter, better place. We thought we’d have flying cars by now. These are all worthy ideas that kids (and adults) should take to heart. Home Movies Movie Reviews. Together, the two adventurers travel to the metropolis to uncover its mysterious secrets. Don't have an account? I think this might be more preachy than WALL-E. Production designer: Scott Chambliss Executive producers: John Walker, Bernard Bellew, Jeff Jensen, Brigham Taylor Too bad it's positive message was lost in the fray. [Full Review in Spanish], It manages to surprise us, move us, keep us tense and leave us wanting to travel again to such a wonderful adventure.