Danny, der Champion

It's a great adaption, at least from what I've read and remember from the book. But this is one of his most boring books to adapt it feels like all of the classic real Dahl tropes in one movie. Mainly the evil teacher and genius child trope. I think the evil teacher in this is actually pretty fun to watch however, the genius child side of the things is incredibly boring. The child's idea isn't exactly smart or witty and the big plan for the climax is incredibly basic and not even that fantastical or interesting. The story itself is actually pretty nice and cute, but I feel the plot points are pretty boring and basic. The child and father relationship is definitely the best part of this film and practically carries it, the actors were father and son in real life and you can very much tell in this. Their chemistry is so so cute and they're the most enjoyable part of the film. The actors as a whole also do a pretty great job, Lord claybury, captain Lancaster and the headmaster are standouts. And I love the way they handle how abusive schools were back then and the characters actually take it seriously, it's really interesting thing to see. Overall though this is a pretty boring film and that's mostly due to it sadly being based on one of real dahls most boring books.