Vildheks

I've read the book this movie is based on when it came out in Germany and opposed to this movie, it's really good. The plot is different than in the book, like they cut out the exciting parts, what leaves us with the most boring kids movie I've ever seen. It vaguely tells the original story like someone read the book and wrote this movie one year later from pure memory, with the only intention to make this a very good looking movie. I was also absolutely not able to connect with the characters at all. The main actress doesn't look like the girl on the book cover as well. The summery of my review would be: Absolutely boring, but probably great if you want to play it on mute in the background.

The story is interesting enough, I like witchy stories about witches, and familiars and all that. But if you think of taking a shot of tequila every time someone says "wild" just know the script says it 68 times in 101 minutes, so you'll probably end up in the hospital if you do. Overall a nice little movie about a girl discovering her nature-connected magic and having to deal with the big bad dark witch.

The dubbing is fine, the children don't always sound like children, but that's kind of expected with an English dub. Cute movie if you're into witchcraft and have an hour and a half to sit down.

Based on a book series by Lene Kaaberbøl, it is not as flexible as the movie could be if designed for a movie.

Clara (Gerda Lie Kaas) comes of age to find her mother seemed to forget to tell her of her destiny. She gets scratched by a black cat and everything in her life goes wonky. Yep, she is the one, and has to do the things "The One" has to do to save everything that is "Wild."

I must say the real cutie is May Simón Lifschitz; she plays the evil Kimæra.

I watch the one with the English dubbing. Somewhere out there is the original language version. The trailer is in Danish and they only used basic words so I can see that the dubbing is convenience but not necessary.

This could become a series. However, it was wrapped up well.

As many of the other reviewers have pointed out, the overuse of the word "wild" is annoying at first and then it is just funny. I kept laughing each time I heard the word. If it weren't for the really bad script and awful dubbing, the story would be decent. It would have probably been more effective to simply provide subtitles. The acting is bad, but could have been overlooked if the script were better. Keep an open and patient mind and have fun counting how many times the word "wild" or phrases with "wild" in it appears in the movie. See if you can get through it without cracking up and having an absolutely Wild time. Just know that the ending is just as bad as the beginning.

Very well done foreign family movie dubbed in English. Great scenery, and special effects. A slow burn movie that connects you to nature...something many people may not appreciate (and hence their low rating of the movie) :-)