Adults never listen to children so when they have something important to say, they're ignored. This deals with a group of kids who discover just by accident that a kidnapping of scientists by foreign revolutionaries in order to steal a royal air force airplane has taken place, and since the adults won't believe them (and nearly tell the bad guys what the kids know), the gang of little British rascals decide to take matters into their own hands. They prove to be pretty resourceful (with the help of an amusing if preposterous script), and of course finally find some responsible adults who will listen.
A fun little adventure, obviously made for children's matinees, obviously a riff on "Peter and the Wolf" where overactive imaginations are ignores until it's too late. It's snappily paced, funny, clever and well acted, not big on stars, but hardly in need of them. It's not exactly saying that children should run the world, but certainly advising adults to spend more time listening than assuming what's play and what's realism. An interesting idea obviously created by the child's imagination still residing inside an adult's mind, something far too precious to ever completely give up.
A fun little adventure, obviously made for children's matinees, obviously a riff on "Peter and the Wolf" where overactive imaginations are ignores until it's too late. It's snappily paced, funny, clever and well acted, not big on stars, but hardly in need of them. It's not exactly saying that children should run the world, but certainly advising adults to spend more time listening than assuming what's play and what's realism. An interesting idea obviously created by the child's imagination still residing inside an adult's mind, something far too precious to ever completely give up.
