Why merely shrinking himself wasn’t enough is never explained. Rather than just grabbing a spade and digging a hole in his grandma’s flowerbed, Arthur invokes some convenient magic mumbo jumbo to not only be shrunk but transformed into a Minimoy himself. To save their house from foreclosure, Arthur must journey to the magical, secret, miniature world of the Minimoys hidden under their garden to find his grandfather’s secret stash of rubies. It soon turns out that, whether by accident or purpose, Grandma was telling the truth. She delivers a creepy grandma performance while bright sunlight and happy, fantasy music light up the world around her. It doesn’t help that Mia seems to think she’s in a horror movie. It’s also unclear whether Granny is kidding, serious, or just plain crazy.
Everyone in the movie acts as if the Minimoys are just a bunch of stunted humans, but they’re the size of a pin head and look an awful lot like rejects from an Oddworld odyssey. His grandfather disappeared several years ago, and granny Mia tells him that he left to journey to the secret land of the Minimoys, a tribe of millimeter tall people they discovered while spending their younger days adventuring in Africa. The live action is colorful and well shot, with gifted child actor Freddie Highmore playing an imaginative grandson named Arthurt living with a lonely grandmother played by Mia Farrow. ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES 2 and 3 - TWO FULL-LENGTH DVD MOVIES is a FUN MOVIE TO WATCH WITH KIDS FOR A FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, with no sex, the worst swear word is butt, and light scary or violent imagery.
Starring Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Robert De Niro.The film is a mix of live action and computer animation. With a pure heart and a hefty helping of ingenuity, the young boy tackles the evil forces that threaten his home and takes viewers along for a rollicking retelling of the age-old tale of King Arthur.
Otherwise, blighted only by name-calling and some ill-used terms of Deity, Arthur’s expedition to save the farm and in turn the kingdom of the Invisibles is full of the expected kind of good vs. Hand-to-hand skirmishes, sword fighting and air attacks are all part of the resulting conflict that may scare young audience members. After offering the trio some refreshing drinks, Max and his sidekick, Koolomassai (voiced by Anthony Anderson), also help Arthur and his friends escape from the clutches of Maltazard’s evil son Darkos (voiced by Jason Bateman) and his henchmen who raid the bar looking for the do-gooders. So before the now-miniature Arthur searches for the hidden jewels to help Granny save the farm, he must make a treacherous trek across the backyard with Selenia and Betameche to stop Maltazard’s villainous plot.ĭuring the journey, the group of minuscule travelers is exposed to natural dangers and meet a fantastical array of characters including a Caribbean-inspired bar owner named Max (voiced by Snoop Dog) who’s male region is scarcely covered by an itty bitty loin cloth. However Arthur also discovers that the evil Maltazard (voiced by David Bowie) is trying to destroy the little peoples’ land and crown himself ruler of all seven kingdoms of the Invisibles. Somewhere in this miniature world is hidden a pile of rubies that will pay off the family’s debt.įollowing the coded instructions, Arthur discovers a secret entrance into the land of the Minimoys where he meets the King (voiced by Robert De Niro), his son Betameche (voiced by Jimmy Fallon) and his daughter, the petulant princess, Selenia (voiced by Madonna). According to the diary, there’s a group of tiny, nearly invisible people known as the Minimoys living in the backyard. With only 48 hours to stop the malicious takeover, Arthur searches his grandfather’s journal to find clues to a treasure buried on the plot by the now absent ancestor. But doing the chores is the least of their worries when a greedy land developer shows up on their doorstep with plans to buy them out, raze the homestead and build an expansive apartment complex in the meadow. Arthur and the Invisibles or Arthur and the Minimoys (French: Arthur et les Minimoys) is a 2006 English-language French fantasy animated/live-action film. Arthur’s (Freddie Highmore) adventurous grandfather, Archibald (Ron Crawford), has disappeared, leaving the young boy and his Granny (Mia Farrow) to take care of the family farm.