Pish-posh.

My Movie Rating: 6 / 10

Nice acting from Luke Ward-Wilkinson. Sweet if not particularly distinguished film based on the wonderful book of the same name written by Susan Wojciechowski and beautifully illustrated by P. J. Lynch.

My Movie Rating: 7 / 10

Another Christmas movie found in a poundshop. I have to confess to never having heard of Luke Ward-Wilkinson before. He certainly has a great dimpled smile.

The tale of a boy and his widowed mother gaining the affections of a woodcarver recluse is very well handled. Did the mother have to accompany her son to the woodcarver's house every time, or was that a nod to modern day chaperoning? At the time of the film, during the First World War, the boy would've gone to the man's house whenever he wanted happily free of today's stupid restraints.

Some of the photography is really good though aided, in parts, by some CGI effects I think. However, I must agree with a review I read that the ending seemed somewhat rushed and that the woodcarver's coming round from a taciturn recluse to an amiable person was too quickly dealt with. The reviewer even referred to the back of the DVD cover which showed them all in church singing carols possibly. A scene that wasn't in the film.

My Movie Rating: 6 / 10

score/soundtrack almost unbearable

My Movie Rating: 6 / 10