Swallows and Amazons (2016)

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19/08/2016 (GB)•Adventure, Family•1h 37m

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Some summers you treasure forever

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Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.

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Dane Hughes
John Walker
Orla Hill
Susan Walker
Teddie Allen
Tatty Walker
Bobby McCulloch
Roger Walker
Seren Hawkes
Nancy Blackett
Hannah Jayne Thorp
Peggy Blackett
Rafe Spall
Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
Kelly Macdonald
Mrs. Walker
Andrew Scott
Lazlov

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A review by Reno

7.0

Written by Reno on Jan 15, 2017

**The battle for an island.** This is a perfect summer film for the families that produced by the BBC. Based on the children's book of the same name. Frankly, I haven't seen the television nor the film adaptation of this. It looked very fresh to me, so I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm a big fan of children's films and this one reminded my childhood vacation in the grandparents' rural. Surely everybody, I mean most of us had this kind of adventure, sometimes that ended very seriously. This is mainly about a group of children and their summer adventure, especially sailing in a large lake and e...