![]() ![]() ![]() The story begins as Iris (Azura Skye) and her sister Ruth (Emma Poole) flee England in distress as their mother, Margarethe (Stockard Channing), has once again gotten the family into trouble with her constant conniving back in Holland, Margarethe soon returns to scheming. ![]() Girls 10 and older will not only understand but appreciate the sentiments. Promoted to same audiences that have grown up on Disney’s fairy tales, the movie may be a bit too esoteric for younger viewers. Production designer Roger Hall works the only magic needed in the film with his immaculate set in Luxembourg standing in for 17th-century Holland. Detractors of everything Mickey have been crying foul for years regarding the subtext of some of its kidpix, which supposedly reinforce notions of beauty as goodness and ugliness as evil, among other things.īut while some of the newer family movies preach morality with all the subtlety of a blow to the head, director Millar and screenwriter Gene Quintano clearly understand Maguire’s vision and have created a lush and captivating account about discovering inner harmony. Ironically, this production for ABC’s “The Wonderful World of Disney” flies in the face of many of the studio’s animated fairy tale classics. ![]()
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