Brought to life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Brought to life |
| Original title | Life size |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Rosman |
| script | Mark Rosman Stephanie Moore |
| production | Fitch Cady |
| music | Eric Colvin |
| camera | Philip Linzey |
| cut | Bonnie Koehler |
| occupation | |
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Come to life (Original title: Life-Size ) is an American fantasy comedy film from 2000 . Directed by Mark Rosman , who also wrote the script with Stephanie Moore .
action
Casey Stuart's mother dies. With Casey's father, Ben, a lawyer, busy, Casey feels lonely. With the help of a magic book, Casey tries to bring her mother back to life. The object that should help her with this: Her mother's brush, in which her mother's hair is. Unfortunately for Casey, her father's work colleague, who had given her an 'EVE doll' before, enters the room and causes a mess. Casey leaves the room furious. To do something good for Casey, colleague Eve combs her hair, which has been messed up by the mess. This means that it is no longer only Casey's mother's hair, but also that of the Eve doll that is on the hairbrush.
After the work colleague has left the room, Casey speaks the spell, which initially doesn't seem to work. The next morning, however, when she wakes up mumbling the spell, she is shocked. 'Eve' lies next to her, in a living form and life size. The girl is now trying to transform Eve back. Meanwhile, her father begins to approach Eve, and over time, Casey begins to like Eve too.
In the end, it is Eve's decision to transform herself back after production of the Eve doll is set to cease. To save production, she conjures up the counter-spell herself. As they say goodbye, she thanks Casey and her father for the things they learned from them. From now on she promises to help more little girls.
After Eve disappears, Casey begins living her life again. She meets up with friends and has found new courage to face life.
Reviews
Film-Dienst wrote that the film was a "simple-minded fantasy comedy that helped supermodel Tyra Banks to get her first film role" .
Cinema magazine mocked that the puppet shown had “more soul than this entire children's film” .
backgrounds
The film was shot in Vancouver . It premiered on US television on March 5, 2000. It was first released on video and DVD in Australia and Spain.
Web links
- To life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- To life at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for brought to life . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2003 (PDF; test number: 96 106 V / DVD).
- ↑ Brought to life in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on August 19, 2008
- ↑ Cinema , accessed August 19, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for Life-Size , accessed August 19, 2008
- ↑ Release dates for Life-Size , accessed on August 19, 2008