
DISNEY COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THIS...
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TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE DEATH OF HER MOM-CASEY (LOHAN) SEEKS OTHER MEANS IN ORDER TO COMFORT HERSLEF IN HER GRIEF. WHEN SHE HEADS DOWN TO HER LOCAL BOOK STORE AND PICKS UP A BOOK ABOUT RESURRECTING THE DEAD, THE SPELL SHE CASTS UNSURPRISINGLY FALTERS. CASEY'S GIVEN AN 'EVE' DOLL FOR HER BIRTHDAY (COZ EVERY GIRL WANTS A DOLL RIGHT?) AND BEGINS TO CASTS HER SPELL ONLY TO BE INTERUPTED BY HER FATHERS CO-WORKER. CASEY IS FUMED WHEN HER MOM'S PRECIOUS ITEMS ARE TAMPERED WITH , CASEY STOMPS OFF WHILST DAD'D FRIEND GROOMS EVE. AFTER ALL IS DONE AND CASEY'S ALONE SHE TRIES THE SPELL ONLY TO WAKE UP THE FOLLOWING MORNING TO DISCOVER 'EVE' IS NOW HUMAN (!)
ALTHOUGHT THE PLOT IS STUPIDLY FICTIONAL THE ACTING COULD HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED ESPECIALLY FROM LOHAN. MS BANKS ON THE OTHER HAND IS DISATSERTOUS TO SAY THE LEAST AND ONLY GAIN AN OUNCE OF CREDIBILITY NEARER THE END OF THE FILM. LIFE-SIZE IS A TYPICAL DISNEY FAMILY MOVIE, BUT BE WARNED ADULTS WATCHING WILL CRINGE AT THE BEST OF TIMES WHILST THE YOUNGSTERS WILL PROBABLY FIND THIS SLIGHTLY MORE ENTERTAINING. DONT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THIS FILM YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. OVERALL, ITS JUST OK.
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