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Critics Consensus: The magic of the book is lost in translation with The Seeker, due to its clumsy plot and lack of heart.
Critic Consensus: The magic of the book is lost in translation with The Seeker, due to its clumsy plot and lack of heart.
All Critics (93) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (80) | DVD (5)
A total dud.
Director David L. Cunningham's proffered chills are strictly of the lightweight variety: a menacing flock of ravens, a slimy skein of snakes and a couple of mall security yobs too fat or stupid to overpower even a spindly teenager.
A mealy adaptation of one installment in Susan Cooper's acclaimed book series.
A movie that should've been made shortly after its source material -- Susan Cooper's Newbery winner -- debuted in 1973. As is, it feels entirely too generic to work today.
The acting is mediocre, the story rambles, the special effects -- average at best.
Poor writing and production values like these bring no light to Cooper's novel -- or the audience.
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising isn't an out and out bad film, there have certainly been worse films and recently, but it's not particularly good either, suffering from ill-conceived and executed story decisions that rob it of tension or interest.
a lot of shouting offered up as an ineffectual camouflage to the picture's complete lack of ambition.
Sloppy, lifeless storytelling so limp it guarantees no sequels will be made.
The Seeker is great-looking and well-acted, but unlike the Potter books and films, there's no sense that it's about anything more than the throwing-balls-of-smoke and mind-melding that we see onscreen.
It's important, when criticising some of the more clichéd elements here - the dark versus the light, the Tolkein parallels, the quests - to bear in mind that this film is aimed at older children, not your average jaded film critic.
Disappointing adaptation of a great kids' book.
Cast: Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Gregory Smith, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Jackson, Amelia Warner, James Cosmo, Emma Lockhart, Frances Conroy, Drew Tyler Bell, Jim Piddock, John Benjamin Hickey, Alexander Ludwig Director: David L. Cunningham Summary: Just as he turns 14, young Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) learns that he's the last of a race of paladins known as "the Light" who are dedicated to beating back the forces of darkness and their malevolent leader, the Rider (Christopher Eccleston). As Will travels through time gathering the powerful artifacts that will give rise to the ultimate showdown, he must keep the Rider at bay. My Thoughts: "Movies based on books should make you want to read the book/books if you haven't. Not the case with this movie. It just was not made very well and the directing was as poor as some of the acting. The acting felt very cheesy at moments. I think with better directing and some better acting the film could be much better."
Super Reviewer
Amateurishly directed, cheesy, repetitive and badly written. I just wish they would stop making these kind of derivative, uninspired fantasy flicks. Because it's at a point now where we get too much quantity and far too little quality.
it was okay. C
Eccleston shines as the bad guy. Decent visual effects but a choppy movie.
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