Likened to a beautiful painstakingly covered book with choppy unfinished stories written inside. It looks nice but is basically empty.
The CGI is BEAUTIFUL! absolutely beautiful! The stories begin well but never concluded with any pay off. At the end of each story I didn't feel any closer to our Djinn.
If the person listening to a story doesn't connect with the characters, they won't care about what happens. I didn't believe Alithea's choices. With Djinn or with her neighbors. They came out of nowhere, without any believable change to the character or back story to explain her choices. Stories are not a formula that can be thrown together as long as you have the right elements. I am meant to go on the journey with the characters. See what they saw, feel what they felt. Believe they would. Here I felt like they started off good. But for what every reason the middle and end of this move didn't match the beginning. The actors were brilliant. They acted their parts perfectly. But the chain of events didn't link together. So I was at a loss to what and why. A shame, because this movie could have been a life changing all time favorite.