Matt Keyes

Here's one of many great movies that's easy to label a classic due to great replay value and an excellent choice of actors, of course especially Jim Carrey. A 5 year old boy upon his birthday wishes that his father, a defense lawyer, must go one day without telling a lie. He wishes so because he's constantly crushed by his father building him up and all too often letting him down. Then the crazy thing happens, the wish comes true and Jim Carrey's character is forced to tell the truth for an entire day. If that weren't enough it's all happening during a case of his wherein his lying seems to be vital to his winning. Add Jim Carrey's famed brand of acting and what I suspect are a few improvised elements that were left in because they were so good and the comedy is both over the top and nonstop. The story isn't without it's faults though. The biggest being that the whole premise is based on a little boys birthday wish coming true and physically changing his father into pretty much an exact opposite of his former self. A little far fetched when you think about it. It does wind up nicely with a two part ending. First, see the dramatic conclusion of the court case that is taking place throughout the whole movie and second, see Max (the little boy) finally have a climatic reunion with his father after all of the times of his father letting him down and the impact that it has. It's not quite a 100% family movie due to a PG-13 sex scene and some pretty consistent language throughout, but putting that aside it kind of does have that family film vibe about it.

Absolutely can't fault this in any way. Harry, Ron and Hermione make an all too cute trio and unlike later HP movies adapted from the books this (same for the second) sticks pretty rigorously to the book. The few changes that are made are excusable as their minor in the grand scheme of the overall story. If there was a low point, as nothing is ever perfect, it'd probably have to be professor Quirell. He's played alright, but he feels like, by comparison to the rest, that his performance was more or less just to fill a required role. Still, even he wasn't bad, just not as good as the characters. Definitely an easy recommendation.

A few cliches throughout horror movies are here, that's probably this series biggest drawback. But think, those cliches were bound to have started somewhere and a few just happen to exist in the Children of the Corn series. Such as the overly dramatic screaming of the adults being killed in the cafe, as one of many examples. However, moving past a few cliches the movie is solid enough for 80's horror flicks and horror flicks in general. However while I can't pound the movie too much just because of a few cliches there still remains one glaring plot hole that's probably the biggest reason for knocking a whole star off. Following the story laid forth here supposedly no-one from outside this small town ever knew about the events and occurrences except a limited number of passerbys who were all merely victims? Yeah, somehow that's a big negative on the believability chart. The disappearance and murder of an entire town, small or not, simply doesn't get undetected until by chance a random passerby escapes being the next victim. That aspect certainly lacks a great deal of credibility even if it is necessary for the plot to exist. Ok, moving on. A few cliches aside and a glaring plot hole the big redeeming factor here is the acting among the kids and the 2 adults who escape, eventually. It also helps that it's coming from a great story teller like Stephen King. It's something of a curiosity if nothing else, but also not a complete waste of time for horror fans. Should you watch this? If you like good horror flick and have yet to see this then sure. Don't analyze it, just watch it.