Whenever films deal with children as the primary characters they run the risk of treating the kids too precociously, or worse, portraying the children as mini-adults.
Still, I found myself laughing a fair amount throughout, especially
whenever the film dealt with Jack's beloved owl on the prowl.
Not exact matches
While there are moments that do evoke some good - natured hilarity, the plot is too much of a contrivance, a bland and derivative device that might be important to push a story along, but becomes too dull to care about
whenever the
film has to
deal with.
As he did in that
film, Hudlin continues his trend of showcasing positive African - American characters, bucking the typical Hollywood trend of sensationalized gangster melodramas
whenever dealing with predominantly Black casts.