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A troubled youth learns a valuable lesson about trust and knowledge in this fantasy drama. Ryan (Ryan Kelley) is a teenager who lacks the ability to speak. One day, Ryan falls off a bridge and he finds himself transported to a strange fantasy world where he encounters his Grandpa Randolph (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and a pretty girl named Melanie (Hayden Panettiere); together, Ryan and Melanie learn to help one another with their problems, and they both discover the wisdom they can gain from elders
Oct 15, 2004 Wide
Mar 22, 2005
MGM
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (11) | DVD (7)
A tedious, precious fantasy about a boy faced with choosing between life and death -- an endless existence in limbo is actually more like it.
A well-intentioned but unconvincing fable.
It would have made a much more powerful short than full-length movie.
It's all very whimsical and fluffy, but the bottom line is, who cares?
The Dust Factory makes an earnest attempt to blend serious and fantasy elements and succeeds in producing good family entertainment.
If the 'dust factory' portion made more sense, this would be a wonderful film.
I was rooting for the motes.
one of the most original and imaginative children's films in a long time.
It could use a better title, although this awful one certainly captures the film's tedium.
It's the dreariest children's story I've ever seen... gloomy, depressing, and way too long. Somebody get the Hoover - back to dust is where this movie needs to go.
It's actually just kind of stupid.
Comes across like an earnest after-school special disfigured by off-putting fantasy elements and bloated with self-indulgent touches.
When your main character goes off into a fantasy world where anything can happen and absolutely nothing does, that's unfortunate.
Two charming kids and the boy's grandfather spend time in limbo between life and death. It is a strange fantasy world that seems free of trouble except for a creepy circus, which is named the dust factory. The youngsters amidst falling for each other are forced to confront some philosophy about life and death, pleasure
December 18, 2008The concept of the story made me hope for something more profound than I got here. Apparently life and death all comes down to a simple jump!
December 18, 2007
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