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Slumberland is a Netflix produced film made specifically for kids with beautiful visuals, quirky comedy, wholesome moments and an overall heartfelt message about dealing with something that is inevitable. We witness the story of a little kid who has received news that no kid wants to hear no matter how old they get and we follow how that specific occurrence transforms her life for good. It has that flair of over exaggerated facial expressions all in an attempt to make its target audience chuckle or go into full fledged laughter, even if it doesn’t make any grown up laugh, it will surely make the younger ones do. Nevertheless, Slumberland is a satisfying film for an evening watch with the whole family with the company of hot chocolate.
Story is straightforward yet meaningful. As mentioned above, it’s a heartfelt message about learning to move forward after a tragic accident has befallen someone close to you. We follow the main character of Nemo (played by Marlow Barkley) in a life thrust upon her after the tragic passing of her dad and subsequently then being made to live with her uncle in a place very foreign to her. However, as night sets in her dreams are very vivid and are trying to help her in an indirect way. After a few nights of constant dreaming, with some dreams getting close to nightmare territory, we meet the other main character Flip (played by Jason Momoa), a fellow just playing around and having fun but without any meaning.
Slumberland is a film made specifically for children and it being such means that it has to keep the attention of kids through its whole runtime. It tries to do it with overexaggerated expressions, an easy to follow story and tries to be relatable for today's youth. If it doesn’t hit that specific enjoyment with acting, story and or music, it surely hits it with amazing effects through and through. Maybe 1 or 2 times the effects it did seem either lower quality and or rushed, but that quickly changed with the next scene. A visual treat and a preferable watch at the highest resolution possible.
In terms of comedy it’s quirky, and as we all know that comedy in its core is subjective, Slumberland tries to look on the bright side at all times even if it is ultimately about something sad. You can see the actors having fun with whatever they are doing and are not taking anything too seriously, so us as watchers, shouldn’t take it as seriously as well.
This film doesn’t require too much thinking and if someone does try to get more meaning out of this one, that is their own personal agenda. Slumberland is a kids film from start to finish and it is a great watch for people of all ages.
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