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DazzleRating:
Release Date: 23 October, 2001 Retail Price: $7.99 OUR Price: $7.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
Dazzle Reviews
A movie for kids, that's a bit of a yawner
Synopsis:
Dazzle is the story of Tom Nightengail (Maxwell Caulfield), a well known chidren's author, and writer of books about fairies. Recently widowed and now the single parent of a daughter, he has lost all joy in his life and all that he his left is in his daughter Melissa.
Every night he reads to her, and unbeknownst to them both, a real life fairy named Crystal (Chantell Stander) listens in as well by the window. Yet on one particular night, the little fairy suffers an accident that transforms her into a human being, complete with amnesia.
From there she enters the Nightengails' lives and turns them upside down... in a mostly good way. But not all is well, because others are searching for her, others whose plans are not kind.
The question is, can the Nightengails keep her safe and will Tom learn to love again?
About the Movie:
Dazzle stars Maxwell Caulfield, Chantell Standler, Mia Sara and Jeff Fahey among others.
Overall, this is standard direct to DVD fare. Made in England with mostly English actors, its production values are higher than many more adult oriented films, but the script and storyline are purely kid focused, including slapstick elements that make it somewhat cheesy. It's a pure fantasy film, involving fairies and gnomes and an evil wizard who collects fairies for sport. Most adults and older children wouldn't have the patience to sit through it, but many younger kids would probably enjoy it.
There really isn't any objectionable content in this film, except perhaps, the fact that when the Nightengails meet the fairy, she's naked. Of course, nothing explicit is shown and it's all implied. It also deals quite a bit with magic, though not of the incantation sort.
Overall, this is not that great a movie. Most adults would become bored of it quickly. It drags rather badly at points. But kids would enjoy it and though the film appears to be unrated, it's certainly safe for them to watch.
About the DVD:
The Dazzle DVD comes in a hard case in full screen format in Dolby Digital Stereo. It has no subtitles and is in English only. Total running time is 85 minutes. Both sound and picture in this DVD release are decent.
The bonus features are a pair of filmographies of Maxwell Caufield and Jeff Fahey respectively.
Bottom line: 2 stars
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