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Title: Awkward tone
Review: This movie would be so much better if it had some background music playing during some of the scenes in the first 3/4 of the movie. It's almost too quiet, especially when the kids are plotting, and that makes the tone feel kinda dark and scary when it should be more of an engaging adventure. The editing is also slow and with the way the dialoge is cut it feels unnecessarily drawn out. Also, after the gang solves the mystery, the movie takes a strange turn into some sad domestic issues. A little too heavy for my kids. I rented this movie for my boys, 7 and 5, because the dvd got good reviews, so we were disappointed that it wasn't that interesting. The 5 year old lost interest after 10 minutes, and the 7 year old wasn't impressed and checked out after about 40 minutes. We won't be renting the sequels.
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