Five Children and It Reviewed by Ruth Wilson

The other day I went to the UGC cinema in Hull to see 5 Children and It. It was a very good film, based on a book by E. Nesbit. It's about 5 children (surprise, surprise! I can't remember their names, though!) who get sent to live with their loopy uncle in the country during the first world war. Their father was a navigator and their mother helped to heal the wounded soldiers.

When they arrive there, they are greeted by the maid, who tells them not to go in the greenhouse. Much against her wishes, the second eldest boy (can't remember his name!) ventures into it and finds a door. He cannot unlock it, but, after breakfast they all go in together, they attempted once more to unlock the door but cannot, and give up, but The Lamb (the baby's ridiculous name!) manages to unlock it.

They all notice this and are puzzled but do not hesitate to go through the door. After going down some stairs and through a tunnel, they find a little pretty cove with a sky-blue sea and custard coloured sand. The second eldest boy sits down on what he thinks is a rock until it begins to move slightly and moan, he begins to dig around it and the others come rushing over to see what's up. The rock stands up and antennae pop out of the top of the rock.

It grows legs and soon enough, the now shell-like thing has opened and an ugly-cute bluey creature (which looks like a cross between a walrus and an aardvark) rises up.

At first he's quite a grump but gradually he becomes nice. He grants them a wish but the wish does not go according to plan ... Do you like what you've just read? Why not go and see it yourself? Personally, I think it's a good film, cheesy in parts but most films have a bit of cheese. At the start it's a bit like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, but whatever! It's good! 4/5

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