8/10
Cute Disney Movie with a great cast and no violence to speak of
3 February 2018
Children will love it better than adults, I am sure. Disney's "elves" are at work again and I can't help comparing it with "Darby O'Gill" which is a true classic. Two songs by the Sherman Bros. Walter Brennan as the lumber baron and the Grandfather Gnome, the two "Mary Poppins" children, Ed Wynn (who else) as the oldest gnome, and Richard Deacon. Several well-known character actors, including a few from "Green Acres". The children find two "lost gnomes" in the California Redwood forest and eventually go in search of and find more gnomes. Nobody does "EFX" like WDP and the gnomes are every bit as realistic as the Leprechauns in "Darby O'Gill" . A nod to "Sadie Hawkins Day" as several young maidens get to chase "Jasper" until he wants to get caught by "Violet". Mostly slapstick comedy as nobody gets hurt, even with dogs, breaking glass, and pratfalls. Even enough action to keep adults entertained. With a terrific automobile chase reminiscent of the old " W.C. Fields" movies. Co-staring a tricked-out 1930 Rolls Royce as "The Gnomemobile". Plot hole: I though the U.S. Forest Service-National Parks "owned" all the Sequoya trees?
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