 what's going on guys got a brand new movie review for you guys today we're discussing a film that's directed by the man who's given us hostile grain inferno and some of the most messed up torture horror films we've ever seen elite roth directs the house with a clock in its walls elite roth directs his very first kid film starring kate blanchett jack black and oan vacrow i was somewhat looking forward to this movie now i'm not the biggest elite roth fan i really enjoyed hostile but every other film he's ever made i feel like either goes way too above it or just not in my roundhouse of enjoying i know he has his own audience and that's awesome but it's never been one of those guys i think he's a great guy i love when he shows up in little performances like inglorious bastards and i just he's a good guy but i curious to see how his venture into being in a kid's film would turn out actually goes far to say i think his direction in here was actually pretty smooth and solid i'm even going a little bit further here i think it's some of the best directing he's done since hostile really what is the house with a clock in its walls from the trailers you don't you get this little mystery that there's wizardry and magic in here but it's all about a young orphan named lewis barneval who aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with a power to bring about the end of the world that's hidden somewhere within this house that's a cool little concept i like kind of a magic mystery and whatnot that we get in here and that was some of the most fun aspects of the film i think this is a perfect film and in fact i don't think this is a great film i do think there's some fun aspects to it and this is the perfect film for really kids in their like 10 to 12 of age i don't think this is good for younger kids because there are some horror elements in here which i will get to but i think it's good for those kids this isn't a film that's kind of fitting to my audience per se but it's one of those films that if you take your kid to go see it you're gonna somewhat enjoy it hopefully things that really worked for me personally was kate lambon chet who is superbit anything she shows up but she really steals a lot of scenes in here and jack black surprisingly i love jack black and he was fantastic in here too he was great in jumanji too last year and really in here he steals a lot of the scenes too with a lot of the humor and bringing about that and kate blanchett really bringing her mysticism in her dramatic elements with some of those fun kid bits in her they really stole a majority of the show now one of my big things with all the performances though is as great as both of them are i felt like the kid was the part that kind of didn't work for me this isn't anything of own vackerel i'm sure he's a fantastic kid he's still growing he's i'm not an actor i'm sure he's a 10 times better actor than i am in some scenes but man as swedish's kid seemed in some parts he really got on my nerves and found to be a little bit of annoying i don't know if it's the way that his character was written but there are scenes where he has to cry and dear god he should not cry i did not believe it at all it seemed very fake there's parts where he's screaming that really hurt my ears and in the end of the day it just felt really annoying and i just got annoyed at this kid yeah he's sweet at times and you smirk and smile but i don't know if it's the way his the kid was written or the way that he was acting or just in general both things put together it just the kid did not work for me and really dragged this movie down for me instead he let roth did direct this film and of course he has a very big horror background i was curious why he got chose to direct this film and why he chose to do it but he does bring those horror elements in here into a kind of monster house type of fun time in here which really big fan of that anime movie monster house and i think this film kind of brought elements of that mix with goose films from a couple years back and that's one of the strongest parts of this movie is the ross horror tone i mean there are some jump scares in here that got me better than the nun did and that's some nice little horror elements in here because i like when family films do interject those horror films where there's still a family film and kids can watch the movie but they'll kind of get that little jump scare in there that works for the tone of the movie and i like that you like brought it there's some creepy dolls in here that really spooked me and got me on the edge of my seat and all those scenes really worked all those horror moments really just overly went with all the practical effects and stuff some of the overly CGI horror things didn't work particularly but really those practical effects did work i gotta say i really enjoyed the score in here and again this film has a lot of phone moments to it all the magic and mysticism and this mythology that they are building in this movie i really enjoyed really our main character not being good and me not being able to get on the backside of him it's hard for me to really get on board with the whole film i felt like this story was a little bit rushed in some parts where i would have liked to be taken on a different adventure here and there and maybe you just would have liked to see jack black and cape lynch that be the main characters like the antagonist for this whole film it kind of just comes in towards the end and i don't really know how to feel about him it just feels like a lot of different potlines fallen all at once and you're kind of like okay how's this going on you kind of find yourself getting a little bit confused i do notice is based off a book and i know in books you have more time to develop these characters develop these moments the middle of the film it kind of started falling apart where the first part of the film got me intrigued the second part kind of started drifting apart the third film tied it up a little bit but it just didn't land the punch that i wanted it to it's an intriguing world of that cape lynch had superb of course jack black's great in it the kid really disappointed me overall i you don't hate this film it's really a middle of the road movie you'll enjoy some parts you won't like some parts but this is a good film for kids of course so if you're looking for a film to take your kids to i can recommend this just do know that there are some horror elements to it with that said i'm gonna give the house with a clock in its walls a c guys what are your thoughts on this film are you guys looking forward to where you guys excited about have you read the book let's talk about it down below in the comments i'm curious to hear you guys thoughts also if you guys are new here hit up say how much on films right down there because right down there you guys can get into advanced movie screens even check out some movie news and even 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