There is no mention in the film's details that this is a rip off.
Now TV even has the film described as "Sky original based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel"!
What?
Wilson simply plagiarised E Nesbit who wrote Five Children and It in 1902. Nesbit also invented the word Psammead- aka Sand Fairy.
I tried watching this but it only made me angry. Why set it in Cornwall? The original is set in Kent. Furthermore, Nesbit's Psammead was terrified of water - so why have it anywhere near the beach?
And of course in today's PC world the plot has to be made "relevant" with potential step siblings; thus commenting on today's divorces and second marriages, family tensions and so on.
Why does there have to be a villain who wants to steal the Psammead? Does everything have to come down to goodies and baddies? Are children unable to simply watch a story with a lot of humour that is premised on the old adage of "be careful what you wish for" when the wishes go horribly wrong?
The well known and very good children's author, Helen Cresswell, did a screenplay for a BBC production back in the 1990s. She should have known better. That was dire too.
Read the original - no one can improve on Nesbit.
Now TV even has the film described as "Sky original based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel"!
What?
Wilson simply plagiarised E Nesbit who wrote Five Children and It in 1902. Nesbit also invented the word Psammead- aka Sand Fairy.
I tried watching this but it only made me angry. Why set it in Cornwall? The original is set in Kent. Furthermore, Nesbit's Psammead was terrified of water - so why have it anywhere near the beach?
And of course in today's PC world the plot has to be made "relevant" with potential step siblings; thus commenting on today's divorces and second marriages, family tensions and so on.
Why does there have to be a villain who wants to steal the Psammead? Does everything have to come down to goodies and baddies? Are children unable to simply watch a story with a lot of humour that is premised on the old adage of "be careful what you wish for" when the wishes go horribly wrong?
The well known and very good children's author, Helen Cresswell, did a screenplay for a BBC production back in the 1990s. She should have known better. That was dire too.
Read the original - no one can improve on Nesbit.