SLUMBERLAND MOVIE REVIEW
Story: A young girl, Nemo (Marlow Barkley) lives with her father, Peter (Kyle Chandler) in an isolated lighthouse. One stormy night, her dad goes out to sea to rescue a boat in distress and loses his life. A heartbroken Nemo is determined to find her dad again and decides to plunge into ‘Slumberland’ where she hopes to find the wish-filfulling pearls that her dad had told her about during their bed-time storytelling sessions.
Review: Mounted as a magnum –opus dream fantasy ride for kids, ‘Slumberland’ is based on Winsor McCoy’s comic-strip series ‘Little Nemo in Slumberland’. The strip, about a young boy Nemo and his adventures in dreamland, has been hugely popular among its avid fans since its debut in the early 1900’s. In ‘Slumerland’ the film, Nemo’s gender is swapped and we have a nine-year-old girl as the protagonist.
When Nemo loses her dad to an unfortunate incident at sea, she is sent to live with her uncle Phillip (Chris O Dowd). After having a carefree life with her dad, Nemo is sent to a school in the city by her uncle, who doesn't quite know what to do with her.
Unable to fit in and determined to find her dad, Nemo starts drifting into 'Slumberland', the land of dreams. And it is here that she meets Flip (Jason Mamoa), an outlaw who as per her father's night time tales, used to be Peter's partner. Nemo manages to convince Flip, to help her find the coveted pearls. But it's a journey rife with obstacles and new discoveries, with a continuous stream between the waking world and the dream world.
Although backed by high budget special effects to bring alive a fantastical dream world and commendable performances by Jason Mamoa and Marlow Barkley, 'Slumberland' never quite soars. At the most, it remains a tepid watch, with a bland screenplay that does little to induce excitement, especially given that it's a film aimed at kids. And despite delving into realms of dreams, this one is in a land far far way from the liked of Inception!
Ironically 'Slumberland' stays true to its name and is not quite the slumber party one would have imagined or want to be stuck in.
Slumberland | Official Teaser | Jason Momoa | Netflix
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