The concept of this story has merit, however the execution is well off the mark in all respects.
The story progression seems extremely rushed, partly due to the amount of unnecessary scenes and dialogue that have been afforded to cameo characters at various points. Some of the dialogue has comedic value, but for the most it's just basic.
I think more time needed to be given to develop the main characters and to develop the plot, rather than to random scenes which hold no real relevance to either.
The cosmetics which help keep everything believable were ignored in some respects. Simple things, like how do they store their shop bought chickens without refrigeration, where did they pull architect designs for their house from, why were there fireworks going off in the middle of the bush at night in the swimming scenes, was it necessary for the almost pre-pubescent boys to sprout obviously fake beards and random violin playing in the middle of the forest?
Oh and for those who compared this to Stand by me. Stand by me is far, far, far better than this movie.
The story progression seems extremely rushed, partly due to the amount of unnecessary scenes and dialogue that have been afforded to cameo characters at various points. Some of the dialogue has comedic value, but for the most it's just basic.
I think more time needed to be given to develop the main characters and to develop the plot, rather than to random scenes which hold no real relevance to either.
The cosmetics which help keep everything believable were ignored in some respects. Simple things, like how do they store their shop bought chickens without refrigeration, where did they pull architect designs for their house from, why were there fireworks going off in the middle of the bush at night in the swimming scenes, was it necessary for the almost pre-pubescent boys to sprout obviously fake beards and random violin playing in the middle of the forest?
Oh and for those who compared this to Stand by me. Stand by me is far, far, far better than this movie.