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Halloweentown

Halloweentown (1998)

November. 10,1998
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6.5
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G
| Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family

On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.

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Micitype
1998/11/10

Pretty Good

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Beystiman
1998/11/11

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Livestonth
1998/11/12

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
1998/11/13

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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rifflynnane
1998/11/14

I love this movie so much I look for it to come on so I can watch it each year at Halloween time. It is filled with thrills, excitement and it will get your imagination wondering. Considering this is a movie made in the late 90's it has great graphic and a great picture. If you love this movie there are two more movies that go to it and each one is just as amazing. I honestly wish they would have came out with a show or more movies to follow these. I love sharing this movie with my children and I hope one day my grandchildren. I hope you will find the same joy sharing it with family, friends and those you love. So enjoy this movie and make sure you come back and rate this movie, especially if you loved it so others will see it too. :)

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TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
1998/11/15

... but it must have been more than what I got. I know this is a children's film, but that doesn't mean it has to be bad(certainly not this bad). I don't recall when I last watched such a poorly produced film... if I ever have. The plot is nonsensical babble. The pacing is non-existent. The characters are empty, paper-thin clichés. The acting is incredibly poor and overdone, though I guess the actors had such bad material to work with, they couldn't have done much better. The effects are hideous, with little to no attempt made to hide how they are achieved. The costumes and make-up are just pathetic... no effort is made to hide where the masks end, and most of it is just so see-through that even children, I'm talking small ones, will be able to tell. The writing is quite poor; I could never figure out if Halloweentown is supposed to be the direct opposite of our world(what with the always closed cinema), or everyone who lived there were monsters. The world, fascinating as it may seem to very small children was, as another reviewer also points out much more competently presented in The Nightmare Before Christmas. The humor is painfully unfunny, and jokes are repeated ad nauseum. The tone is childish at best, and half of the actors even look like they're ashamed to be doing the film. The script, oh dear, the script... what the heck is the 'highschool sweetheart' cliché doing in a children's film? How many 7-year-olds even know what that is? I'd guess it was an attempt at drawing in the older crowd as well(give the parents something to enjoy), but when the film is this poor, how many people above the age of 10 will watch? How many below, for that matter? I'm sorry, but this is just so far below average that it astounds me that it spawned two sequels. Avoid at all costs. I recommend this only to kids who are incredibly easy to please. And even they should be allowed to watch something of higher quality. 1/10

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Tara Chevarie
1998/11/16

This was a kids movie, You have to know that before watching it. If you're not into the whole Disney Channel movie thing, Step away. I however loved this movie. I'll be 20 in a couple months, and still watch this movie whenever I see it on TV. Halloweentown, and it's sequels are overacted, and can be predictable, but the imagination, and the work put into them are great. What's more, when watched by the intended audience, they're flawless. Kids won't know that the people are overacting, all they'll see is the ghosts, Frankenstein monsters, some Witches, Goblins, and the Bad Thing. It sparks imagination, stories, and great conversation for kids. And if you're a kid at heart, check it out. I know I still love it.

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chrissythecat
1998/11/17

I just have to say that I have seen both Halloweentown and Halloweentown 2 with my nieces and I found them to be very cute and all around wholesome entertainment. I'm 21 and I've seen quite a few movies in my life from dramas to horror films to comedies and action flicks, but I find that family movies are my favorite. I don't know if it's just me, but I like watching a ridiculously happy movie sometimes instead of always watching something "heavy" or philosophical or even too realistic. I like Halloweentown because it's something I can watch with my nieces that they think is sort of scary without it really being scary. It's just a fun little tv movie. I'd also like to comment on what a self-proclaimed witch/wiccan posted earlier. Of course, real-life witches do not fly on brooms or cast spells or do most if not all of the things done in the film. In many ways, Wicca is a sort of religion. It's a way of looking at life and focusing on the energy of nature. It goes back to paganistic times and the rituals and ceremonies of that time. With that said, I also see no harm in portraying witches as capable of magic and the ability to fly. Where's the harm in it? Now if the film portrayed witches/Wiccans as devil worshippers or evil people, I would have been upset, because that simply is not the case. I myself am not a Wiccan, but quite a few of my friends are and I've read a lot of literature on the subject. Halloweentown isn't an autobiographical film or a documentary, and I think it has every right to take artistic license when portraying the fantastical world of witches. (Sorry for writing so much, but I tend to go off on tangents.)

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