Just checked on IMDB… so far it’s pulling a 4.2 out of 10. I can’t remember the last time a recent major release managed a score that low, and it is well-deserved. Yes the special effects are poor, but that’s not what does it in. The story is convoluted and incomprehensible with major "huh?"s happening about every 5 minutes (I haven’t read the book, but apparently it barely resembles it). The script and acting are cringe-inducing. Every other line in the film is “we have to find your father”, acted like it was straight out of a Barney the Dinosaur episode. Every 15 minutes there’s an unwatchably sappy musical interlude. The climactic “rescue” is a total joke. I can’t imagine how Disney and an assemblage of so many skilled artists could produce something so painfully and obviously awful.

There were many moments when I found myself wondering if SWHS was the inspiration - it actually manages the same look and feel.