Flubber (1997)

[Movie 222 / Day 237]


Robin Williams plays Philip Brainard, an absent minded professor who forgets to attend his wedding. Three times. His fiancee, understandably, is a tad upset and leaves him. An academic rival swoops in to steal her away and it's down to Brainard to use his latest invention, Flubber, to save both his fiancee and the college they both work at.

It's silly but amusing in places - and the kids loved it.

My rating: 5.0 / 10
IMDB rating: 4.6 / 10
Running time: 93 mins
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Hook (1991)

[Movie 204 / Day 218]


In a twist on JM Barrie's classic play Peter Pan, Hook imagines what if Pan left Neverneverland and did grow up after all? Williams plays Peter, who is a high flying lawyer until he visits his childhood foster home in London and discovers that he is really Peter Pan - when Captain Hook (a marvelous Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps Peter's children and holds them to ransom pending the war he is craving.

Fun and imaginative, Hook is a nice little fantasy movie that my kids loved. It is a little on the long side though!

My rating: 5.8 / 10
IMDB rating: 6.2 / 10
Running time: 144 mins
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Night at the Museum (2006)

[Movie 141 / Day 151]


Ben Stiller plays a divorced man that seems unable to hold down a job and as such, is in danger of not being allowed to see his son anymore. So he takes a job as nightwatchman at the Museum of Natural History.

Unbeknown to him however, all of the exhibits come to life at sundown and cause havoc until dawn.

Various adventures happen, everything turns out well enough for them to have made a sequel.

It's OK, fun but not particularly funny.

My rating: 6.5 / 10
IMDB rating: 6.4 / 10
Running time: 108 mins
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

[Movie 91 / Day 54]


Terry Gilliam fantasy about Baron Munchausen, who sets off on a voyage to gather his servants in order to save a town from invading Turks. Lots and lots of 'names' in it, lots and lots of crazy imagery (a trip to the moon in a hot air balloon to see the King of Everything, a fish the size of an island, a flying horse, etc)...

Even though it's pretty surreal, it's also fun to watch and I enjoyed it a fair amount. Except for the appearance of another abysmal Jonathan Pryce accent.

My rating: 7.1 / 10
IMDB rating: 7.0 / 10
Running time: 126 mins
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