119. Harvie And The Magic Museum; movie review
Cert U
87 mins
BBFC advice: Contains very mild threat, slapstick, language, rude humour
Exhibits coming to life and threatening the world. Isn't this Night At The Museum in another guise?
Martin Kotík and Inna Evlannikova have mixed up the ingredients of the famous franchise, added a twist or two of their own and come up with a European box office hit.
Their title character, Harvie (voiced by Wilson Davis), is a ten-year-old whose obsession is to be in the computer gamers' Hall of Fame.
With this in mind, he stays up all night trying to reach his goal - much to the disapproval of his father.
However, his hopes are shattered when his computer breaks and so he sets out to find a new adventure with his loyal dog Jerry.
It is then they alight upon the museum which is under threat of demolition and the exhibits of puppets which date back for decades if not hundreds of years.
Harvie, his friend Monica, his dad and Jerry then become embroiled in a fantasy adventure at which the puppets and their dangerous master, come to life.
Thus, the young boy needs all the skills he has learned playing computer games to defeat an ancient evil and stop the puppetmaster from taking over the world.
And there is a secret underground world, flights with dragons and people being turned into puppets and so on.
The problem is that Harvie is a rather annoying central character - a real know-all who takes advice from nobody and sees only himself as important.
Thus, his father becomes understandably exasperated and I, inevitably empathetic to the parent, became equally frustrated.
In addition, the story moves at such speed that its potential richness is forsaken for the action.
I am guessing this may appeal to some young children but I think that those who like a bit more depth might be bored.
Harvie And The Magic Museum's success across Europe would indicate that it has been popular with children.
I didn't have the benefit of hearing the reaction of the target audience to know whether British kids felt the same.
Reasons to avoid: Annoying central character
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 6/10
Did you know? Harvie and the Magic Museum was released domestically in the Czech market in August 2017, where it became the most successful European animated film release of all time and earned over $1 million at the box office.
The final word. Distributor Frédéric Puech: "This hugely entertaining family film has already been a hit in its home market and has massive international potential which is reflected in the agreements we have already secured in major territories around the world."
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