Reviewed by Xander (Teen Critic)

Rated PG
New Line Cinema
Director: Doug Arnowkowski
Staring Johnathan Lipnicki and Rollo Weeks
Rating:

How would you feel if you met a friendly Vampire family? When Tony, an over imaginative boy, moves to England with his parents, he does just that. Tony has strange dreams - dreams that always have a golden pendant involved. When Tony meets Rudolf, a vampire boy on the run from a vampire hunter, they make friends immediately. But when Rudolf takes Tony to meet his family, the parents aren't as trusting as Rudolph.

Tony (Johnathan Lipnicki) meets Rudolf's father (Richard E. Grant).

Tony finds out his visions of the golden pendant are linked with the vampire family. It was lost to them three hundred years ago. Tony decides to help them find their pendant and use it to lift the curse and turn the vampires back to mortals. However, the vampires aren't the only ones who want the pendant. Rookery, the vampire hunter, wants it too, but he wants to use the pendant to destroy the vampires.

Now Tony and his new friends are in a race between time and the vampire hunter. Can Tony save his friends in time? Will he find the pendant before Rookery does?

I thought this film was a good movie for all ages. It was perfect for little kids because it gives them a look at the nice side of a vampire. If you like castles this film has a couple. If you like comedy you will like the cows in this movie. I'm not going to say anything more. You'll have to see it for yourself, but these heifers are not to be missed. For those of you like flying, you'll be in for a treat. And then there are those of you who will like it just for the vampires. The make up job was fantastic and some of the hairdos were really fun too. The actors all did a good job, especially Rookery, the vampire hunter. Over all this was a great and funny movie. I give this movie a big plus for appealing to such a wide variety of people.

Last year Xander wrote kid movie reviews for the Tucson Citizen Newspaper. He is thirteen years old and attends Safford Middle School. Xander practices the martial art Taekwondo and presently holds a red belt. He plays the drums and he's always game if a cool girl wants to join him at the movies.