Under Wraps

You can't really expect anything amazing about this movie but kids will love it and who doesn't love Halloween? (well, you know what i mean)

Marshall loves horror movies. His best friend Gilbert does not. It's Halloween coming up. Marshall challenges Gilbert to ding dong ditch and it goes badly. There is something strange going on in that house. Amy is the new girl at school. Her two dads had split up and she can't wait to get out of town. She's an aspiring writer and recruits the two best friends in an investigation into the house with a suspected mummy.

This is a preteen children's horror comedy and a remake of a 1997 Disney movie. I've never seen the original. The kids are a newbie, a Disney veteran, and a voice over actor. The production is similarly a mixed bag. It's a kiddie movie with a kiddie mummy. There's limited CGI and nothing that flashy. Some of it is basically home-made. I like it, sort of. I like the amateurism of the kids. I like the silliness and campiness of the mummy although there could be less of him in one scene. I like the general sense of the group. The bad guys could be scarier. I'm guessing that they dial down the horror aspect for the little kids. Non of this is anything scary. It's fine for younger ones.

Granted, when I sat down to watch this Disney family movie, I wasn't really expecting all that much. Sure, Disney is not known for putting out rubbish, but still, the concept of this movie seemed a bit bland. But I opted to give it a go, so I sat down and watched "Under Wraps".

And I will say that writers William Robertson and Alex Zamm actually managed to string together a rather wholesome and entertaining family movie. And yeah, I was entertained by this 2021 movie, so there is also something for a mature audience to be enjoyed in "Under Wraps".

The storyline turned out to be rather enjoyable and actually nicely enough written. Sure, this was a family movie, so it wasn't a scary one. But at the same time then "Under Wraps" would provide a younger audience with enough of a rush to be suitable for a great Halloween movie.

The acting in "Under Wraps" was good, and I will say that the actors and actresses all performed quite well here and contributed to the overall feel of the movie.

Visually then "Under Wraps" was also good. Sure, this is not an over-the-top CGI joy ride like other movies that are focused on mummies, but the practical effects used in "Under Wraps" were sufficient and good enough for a movie such as this. What mattered here was the fact that it was believable and watchable for the entire family.

If you have children, then this is definitely a movie that I can warmly recommend you sit down to watch with them, especially around Halloween.

My rating of "Under Wraps" lands on a six out of ten stars.

Bad remake of a decent Disney Channel Halloween movie. Actually, it may be the worst Disney Halloween movie I've seen. I hope they learned that originality is better than a remake.

My GF told me "under wraps is coming to Disney plus!" Actually surprised, I reinstated my membership just to watch this throwback. Sure as s*** it's some new teeny-bopper version of it. In dismay, I watched this new version, and to no surprise I wasn't thrilled. The original movie was in part spooky, part funny, and mystery. This movie I feel tries too hard to make the mummy modern? Or humanized even though he is a human? The actors in this are also god awe full, and the mummy looks like some human/dog hybrid in a lab. Definitely did not do the original justice, and if this is what we can expect for Haunted Mansion, they can keep all of it lol.