There's some beautiful set/art design in this film, it really does look a treat. Sadly that's all it had going for it IMO. The first hour of the film gets us almost nowhere, and matters are made worse by the boy's terrible diction - he mumbles and slurs his way through his dialogue and I honestly couldn't tell what he was saying 90% of the time. Most of this hour is made up of the kid going to bed and having dreams or wandering about the house. Yes these are necessary, but we got it in the first 20 minutes, no need to keep repeating it. The last 40 minutes gets to the meat of the story, but it is entirely expected as it has been telegraphed almost since the film started. Sorry, I was expecting something much better.
