Excellent but underrated film

Admirable film.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

My wife and I were able to watch this on Amazon streaming movies. The sound is Dolby so it comes across quite nicely on our home receiver which decoded it into surround sound.The writer is the same one that gave us "Hugo" which is one of my recent favorites. It has a similar atmosphere, elements are introduced but not explained, yet as the story continues things eventually all come together. However this one is complex enough that near the end the boy reads an account of the complete story, aloud, so that the audience clearly understands the whole story.It uses a unique approach, cutting between a deaf girl in 1927, going off alone to New York to look for her mother, and a recently deaf boy in 1977 going off alone to New York to find his father. The 1927 part is in B&W while the 1977 part is in color,the movie switches often between the two and the stories have certain parallels. We sense there is a connection between the two but we are uncertain what, until things come together in the end.Overall a different and nicely entertaining fable, with family values.

I found this a little slow and confusing. The whole movie revolves around the connection between the 2 storylines, but it is both predictable and tenuous. The music is also very distracting, which is especially noticeable in the silent parts of the movie. Thank god Oakes Fegley is both watchable and a great little actor and carries the movie. Also i have to give credit for the director to try something a little bit different. Overall the movie was watchable but not one i will be buying on dvd

It's not the best story ever, but it keeps you alert through the end. But the best of this movie, in my opinion, is the sound and music and.... the silence. I think you must watch this with a headphone and listen to the weird and beautiful music and sounds. The kind a mix and stereo effects. I LOVE IT. Great!And the time spirit of the 70's is very good. The whole ambiance, everything. The movie is more an experience than entertainment. But again, because of the music and sound-effects. Play it loud!The movie is in no rush. So, no hurry and relax.

This seemed to have good reviews, but not for a good reason. Although it seemed it might be a bit of a magical fantasy, it's just a very very slow-moving and highly predictable story. I kept waiting and hoping for something to actually happen. It didn't. Don't waste your time on this movie. The only good news - there's no sex, violence, or vulgarity. It's good for kids who you want to stay still for 2 hours. But if you waste your time watching this, just remember you'll never get the time back.