The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

Director Frank Oz (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS) and screenwriter Melissa 
Mathison (E.T.) adapt the Lynne Reid Banks's children's classic to 
pleasant effect.  The story of a young boy who gets to play dice with 
the universe doesn't really go anywhere, but the actors are appealing 
and the FX are great.  (Anyone else see the resemblance between Litefoot 
and Keanu Reeves??)  Certainly it's a better family film than either 
POCAHONTAS or THE MIGHTY MARVEL MORPHIN' MUTANT TEENAGE NINJA POWER 
RANGERS MOVIE. 

Grade: B

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