The Fairy King of Ar (1998)

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Since as far back as Kyle and Evie Preston can remember, their grandmother told fantastical tales about fairies who had been trapped underground by giants for thousands of years. Now their grandmother is gone, and the siblings are surprised to discover that she has left them a decrepit gold mine and a family home they never even knew existed. Upon discovering that grandmother’s far-fetched stories have a bizarre basis in reality, and that by freeing the fairies from the mine they will discover a cure for their terminally ill father, Kyle and Evie race against time to free the trapped fairies and save their father’s life.

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Okay so this movie is less about the fairies, and more about a toxic community with a mob mentality. Their race against time is more against Mom wanting Dad to get better, and to stop with the fairy nonsense! Or the toxic attitude of the community: that place is cursed!

I will have to say that the fairies of the mine are a bit ugly and I do see why the community thought they were goblins or demons instead of fairies. The kids do not do well acting out the scary bits, its basically just shouting.

It’s not a bad kids movie, but I wouldn’t call it a good one either.

My Rating: ★★