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‘Harold And The Purple Crayon’ Review: Zachary Levi And Jemaine Clement Face Off In A Thoughtful Family-Friendly Fantasy
‘Harold And The Purple Crayon’ review: Zachary Levi and Jemaine Clement face off in a thoughtful family-friendly fantasy
Neatly capturing the quirky simplicity of the original illustrations but adding a kinetic energy worthy of the postwar boogie-doodles of animator Norman McLaren, it’s a thoughtful overture to a refreshingly straightforward family film, one that runs with the concept of Johnson’s story but doesn’t try to fluff it up with excess sentiment or any similarly distracting romantic subplots. They swiftly encounter widowed single mother Terri ( Zooey Deschanel), who accidentally knocks them off their bike while driving — on the phone — with her young son Mel (Benjamin Bottani), a bright kid with an imaginary lizard-like friend called Carl. Title: Harold and the Purple Crayon Distributor: Columbia Pictures Release Date: August 2, 2024 Director: Carlos Saldanha Screenwriters: David Guion and Michael Handelman, based on the book by Crockett Johnson Cast: Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Benjamin Bottani, Lil Rel Howery, Tanya Reynolds, Jemaine Clement Rating: PG Running time: 1 hr 32
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