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The Indian in the Cupboard

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Original title

The Indian in the Cupboard

Year

1995

Running time

96 min.

Country

United States

Director

Frank Oz

Screenwriter

Melissa Mathison. Novel: Lynne Reid Banks

Cast

Music

Randy Edelman

Cinematography

Russell Carpenter

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Fantasy. Kids | Family-friendly. Dolls

Synopsis

On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend. But these two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest...

Rankings Position

#46 Best Live-Action Children's Movies

Awards: 1995: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): nominated to Best Fantasy Film.

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Critics' reviews

"It is the kind of film that enables adults to get in touch with their inner child - but more important, gets children in touch with their inner adult"

Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia Inquirer
"These lessons in multiculturism and tolerance should fall easily on young viewers only expecting to be entertained"

Chicago Tribune
"The movie unleashes all sorts of considerations it doesn’t really deal with, and the material edges closer to horror than it probably intends"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Unlike Omri's plastic toys, The Indian in the Cupboard never comes to life"

Rene Rodriguez: Miami Herald
"Indian in the Cupboard is yet another example that Hollywood can make movies in which critics of sex and violence can find nothing to complain about. It’s also a reminder that family values can be, well, kind of boring."

Brian Lowry: Variety
"Like many of the classic works for children, it is finally about the rough passage to adulthood (...) In a year of wonders for children this quiet film still manages to impress."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"The Indian in the Cupboard unfolds with absorbing logic to tell a tale in the best of children's story tradition"

Liam Lacey: The Globe and Mail

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