Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 151
Fresh: 65 | Rotten: 86
Despite the best efforts of a talented cast, Race to Witch Mountain is a tepid reboot that lacks the magic of the original.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 18
Despite the best efforts of a talented cast, Race to Witch Mountain is a tepid reboot that lacks the magic of the original.
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Walt Disney Pictures resurrects one of their time-honored franchises with Race to Witch Mountain, a family-oriented sci-fi adventure that tells the story of two alien visitors (AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig) whose search for their spacecraft gets them caught up in an adventure with a cab driver (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and a UFO specialist (Carla Gugino). As the group races toward the mysterious mountain in the Nevada desert that has mystified scientists and paranormal researchers for
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Cast
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Jack Bruno -
Annasophia Robb
Sara -
Alexander Ludwig
Seth -
Carla Gugino
Dr. Alex Friedman -
Ciarán Hinds
Burke -
Tom Everett Scott
Matheson -
Chris Marquette
Pope -
Billy Brown
Carson -
Garry Marshall
Dr. Donald Harlan -
Kim Richards
Tina -
Cheech Marin
Eddie -
Ike Eisenmann
Sheriff Antony -
Tom Woodruff Jr.
Siphon -
Bob Koherr
Marty -
John Duff
Frank -
Kevin Christy
Matt -
Bob Clendenin
Lloyd -
John Kassir
Chuck -
Beth Kennedy
Stenftenagel -
Jonathan Slavin
Gallagher -
Harry Murphy
Analyst D. Pleasence -
Ted Hartley
Four-Star General V. Le... -
Jack Eastland
General E. Albert -
Meredith Salenger
Natalie Gann -
Andrew Shaifer
Casey Taylor -
Suzanne Krull
Gail Ross -
Christine Lakin
Sunday -
Dave Engfer
Iscovich -
Omar J. Dorsey
Police Officer Hough -
Sam Wolfson
Imperial Stormtrooper C... -
Paul Darnell
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Bryan Fogel
Imperial Stormtrooper G... -
Robert Torti
Dominick -
Steven Rosenbaum
Oren Bergman
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All Critics (153) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (89) | DVD (13)
Race to Witch Mountain is the first kids' film in ages to have action beats that measure up to Hollywood's grownup action fare.
Top CriticIt's pacy all right, but glib and uninvolving for grown-ups, though perhaps furnished with enough in the way of spaceships, lasers and digital explosions to pacify undemanding little 'uns of an afternoon.
The planet-hopping children have special talents -- telekinesis, telepathy etc. -- although it is the high-wattage lovability of Mr. Rock that's the real superpower on display here.
These blond space children (Ludwig and Bridge to Terabithia's Robb) are persuasively otherworldly -- and the movie makes room for sympathetic cameos from Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann of the first go-round.
There is so much in this film that needed to be tweaked and enhanced to really make it special.
I think most kids and certainly most adults are going to find themselves bored.
While it's hardly genre-changing, this is a nice dose of fun, family entertainment.
Everything about this "Race" comes off as a cheap also-ran, with little of that ol' Disney magic anywhere to be found.
While the shootouts and sprinting manage to entertain in a decidedly PG fashion, Fickman's little touches stuffed into the corners of the frame lend Race the personality it dearly needs.
Race to Witch Mountain is pretty standard kiddie fare: Cute, precocious children are protected by a world-weary, wisecracking father figure and one-liners abound.
Boring and unoriginal, this new version might have some fancy visuals and a loud soundtrack but they're just a smokescreen for how boring and lifeless the film is.
A reasonably satisfying family film that updates things while staying true to the adventurous, sci-fi spirit of the originals.
If it's possible for a movie to be agressively bland, Race to Witch Mountain is that movie. [Blu-ray]
...suffers from a pervasively stagnant atmosphere that effectively drains the energy right out of its high-octane moments...
Race with your kids to see it.
Two brainiac outer space superteens who can translate dog barks into English, save the universe if not the world with help from The Rock and Watchman's Silk Spectre Gugino, stuck at a UFO expo for true believers. Kid friendly but this trip needed more gas
Give me Speed Racer instead--hell, even Wicked Stepmother.
Compared to the original Escape to Witch Mountain, this one is heavy on the action and light on the emotion. But it still beats the campy/clunky Return to Witch Mountain.
There are no sustained characters of any kind, despite some capable acting talent. There is no believable relationship between the characters. There is no attempt to develop any of the political issues the film touches upon.
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