The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

I'm always a sucker for any film featuring tiny people interacting with the real world, and this was one I hadn't seen (although I read the book at age 10 or so). It's pretty good if not brilliant, and definitely a small kids' film, but it's charmingly innocent even with its moral themes blaring throughout. It's another '90s film I've recently watrched that seems like it would never be made today, not because of political sensitivities, but just because its level of adventure would be considered too boring or simplistic by modern audiences. It's also nice seeing kids in films that actually act like kids and not precocious little cartoon monsters. The effects are quite nicely done for what they are, although it doesn't do much in terms of staging swordfights with jumbo sewing needle props or miniature people racing around the home in radio control cars.