That was an excellent one.

Some things I liked some I did not.

good back-story, and good acting

A Disappointing Continuation

A single parent family without Rick Moranis have their home invaded by Wiplala, a small individual from Wiplala. He has limited magical or betwinkling powers. At some point in time in the film he shrinks the family and lack the confidence to unbetwinkling his spells.This is a Dutch production fairly dubbed. I didn't find the characters or the story interesting, but I'm not 9 either. I found Geza Weisz is be annoying. Dad is a professor who teachers Roman and Greek history. Brother and sister get along more like friends than siblings.

I remember A.M.G. Schmidt's "Wiplala"-stories from my childhood. They were quite fascinating to read and because of that I waited for this movie to be made. When I saw an advertisement, I even considered going to the cinema to see it, but thank God I decided not to do it.My hopes were high, but I was disappointed: the movie and the books are not similar in any way, except 1) the names of the characters and 2) a small guy wiplala, whose name is Wiplala.Why did they have to make Nella-Della act like a whining teenage bitch, while in the books she is a reasonable young LADY, who looked after her family, including her little brother? And she did that gladly. Yes, it is true, that Mr. Blom was very absent-minded, but Nella-Della did not behave like he was an old fool. Sadly, this kind of attitude is seen in this movie.Why was it necessary for Johannes to hide Wiplala? What additional features did it give to the plot?Arthur Hollidee, the poet – according to the book, he was a neighbor to the Blom family, not their close friend. He was so poor that he occasionally came to the Blom's house to eat with them. Over there he saw Wiplala, who then turned him into a stone monument. But this monument was still human-sized. In the movie, Hollidee is a local weirdo, who everybody hates (especially Nella-Della?!) and who is in love with… his own sister?! Because he did live with his sister. And – wouldn't it be more logical to close the street and remove the statue, not to destroy it?The scene in the restaurant – the Blom family is sealed into an office and police is called, because… they ate a hot-dog and Mr. Blom accidentally flipped over a plate filled with spaghetti? This does not make sense! The version in the book – they are locked into the office, because they did not have any money to pay for their meal – is much more sensible.A children's movie should give examples, how to behave and so on. But what kind of an example does this give, when the Blom children are constantly eating fast food and garbage like that (the hot-dog in the restaurant and potato chips in the Chinese store)? Yes, the bakery, where they end up in the book, is not healthier, but still more reasonable place.About the scene in the Chinese shop (why Chinese?) – Their plan was to hold the toy car under the shelf and to hope that the Chinese boy (or his grandma) would not look under it to see what is keeping the car stuck? But what if the boy HAD looked under the shelf? And what would they have done, if the boy had decided to leave the remote control onto the shelf, high above?I would rather not comment the fact that after such driving, not only Mr. Blom's arm would not be broken, they all would be dead or at least severely injured. Oh, by the way – although Mr. Blom's arm was broken, they somehow still managed to climb onto the plate that was located on top of the food cart…If such pizza-delivery-guy would work for me, I would sack him immediately.And where are those events that took place in an old house near a canal?If someone should ask whether to rent this movie or not, I would say: "Not!" and rather recommend those books that A.M.G. Schmidt wrote about Wiplala. They are much more interesting.

This is a really good movie. If you watch with your family, it is better. It is full of good values for your family and your life too. The adventures in this movie are really entertaining and fun. Plot of the movie is paced reasonably. The conflict is well displayed and my family enjoyed throughout the movie. I don't read yet the original book but I am really sure the book is excellent. I would like to read it one day. Because of that, I can give it 9/10. I would like to watch a movie like this in the future. I love to watch good movies from European countries to escape from Hollywood films and this is one of the movie I recommend to watch with your family.

Decades ago, when I was about 10 years old, the book Wiplala was one of my favourites; it is still on my book-shelf, a bit worn... Its translation was excellent, I remember, even the verb "tinkelen" was distinctively translated into my native language. So, when I heard about the film, under appropriate opportunity, I decided to introduce its mood and characters to my young relatives and their friends. They liked it, but they told it was unusual to them: no violence, only a few rude words (mild ones), values and nice ideas presented in a pleasant and convincing manner without further blathering... Still, there was a lot of excitement, and the hot car ride was fast and catchy. Both I and my younger fellas could easily identify ourselves with the characters as well.I was a bit disturbed about the plot brought into today (the book was published in 1957) and not-so-smooth depiction of airy-fairy stuff - under superb digital opportunities the world currently has. But still, a nice family film to all those tired of constant obscenities and cruelties present in various modern creations.