![]() ![]() That said, the central message is clear, commendable and set out early on in an exchange between Kelly MacDonald‘s Mrs Walker and her curmudgeonly landlady Mrs Jackson played by Jessica Hynes. Though given its lack of theatrics and dry tone, older children and teenagers might feel inclined to reach for their phones well before the hour mark. And, what’s more, under first-time feature film director Philippa Lowthorpe (who was the first woman to be awarded a BAFTA for Best Director for the BBC period drama Call The Midwife), it’s a fine example of good old-fashioned storytelling which will appeal to all the family. Though it lacks the pyrotechnics of, say, Alice Through The Looking Glass, the beauty of The BFG and the adventure of Pete’s Dragon, what it has in its favour is a simplicity, which is refreshingly devoid of Hollywood schmaltz and big names. ![]() ![]() That’s probably the best and most accurate word to describe Andrea Gibb‘s adaptation of Arthur Ransome‘s 1930 children’s novel Swallows and Amazons. ![]()
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