Lost & Found

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Terrible, like a bland moral lecture at a conversion camp about rising up to your own masculinity. Lead character is spoiled and just ungrateful. And the little brother is just insufferable. Not to mention he's bagged, tossed into the back of a truck, and stumbles onto a body pit 30 minutes in and said NOTHIN. Bored to tears. Highly recommend as torture for anyone working in a any sort of juvenile corrections.

Angry teen Andy Walton (Justin Kelly) and his younger brother Mark (Benjamin Stockham) are sent to live with their uncle Trent (Jason Patric) after some Andy trouble. The Walton family lost their fortune and control of their island after the death of Andy's grandfather. There is rumor that he left a treasure somewhere on the island and Andy intends to find it. John Broman (Cary Elwes) is an evil land developer who has been buying up the island. His daughter Claire (Celeste Desjardins) likes Andy and tries to help him. This is one angry teen. That keeps me from truly rooting for him. He needs to chill. Justin Kelly is also somewhat over-acting which doesn't help. The treasure hunt is not hard enough which makes uncle Trent look bad. This could have been an edgier Goonies but Andy's anger really left me cold.

So have ten stars, even though I don't really remember anything about it.

Lost and Found is an adventure, mystery movie directed by Joseph Itaya and stars Justin Kelly, Benjamin Stockham, Jason Patric, Celeste Desjardins and Cary Elwes. The most important parts of any movie is it's start, it's execution and then how to movie wraps. In my opinion the start the movie is interesting, execution is average and the conclusion is pathetic. The genre of the movie is adventure, mystery and the director successfully able to maintain both until the climax where the viewers will feel as if they were waiting for nothing because the climax fizzes out all the hype and expectations that were created. Screenplay of the movie is decent and the director hasn't wasted much time in the introduction of the plot and has came straight to the point. Cinematography is good although the scenes in the dark could've been shot more accurately. Acting is a little above average although Benjamin Stockham was surprisingly good. Background music was good. Overall a decent movie which could've been superb provided the director would've worked on the climax of the movie.

A good, sit on the edge of your seat movie with great themes; love, brotherhood, mystery, and treasure. We watched it with our family of various ages, the youngest being six, the oldest child around 11. It had some tense moments. Sometimes I questioned allowing them to see it, but it had just enough tension to make it fun. This movie was written very well. The twists and turns kept the entire family wondering what would happen next. I loved the cinematography and sound track. Both contributed to the suspense of the film. All the characters were developed adequately. I didn't find many loose ends. This movie had great elements reminiscent of The Goonies, without being too copycat. I loved the soundtrack and felt that it contributed to the suspense and emotions of the film accurately. The island backdrop was brilliant, we are eagerly awaiting the sequel.

I loved it. It gives you everything you want in an adventure film, plus good surprises. The main character is agonizingly true to life in behavior and thinking. The other characters are also so realistic that, for the first half of the film, it is tantalizingly hard to tell who is the villain. Minor characters add poignant touches. There are shades of "Blair Witch" in the camera work, which lends to the suspense and realism, and there are also beautiful scenic shots of nature. Since this movie won "Best Family Film" at the Bentonville Film Festival, you can confidently sit down in front of it with the kids. Yet the movie is scary and unpredictable. The exciting conclusion transcends the ordinary. Three cheers, five stars!

Lost & Found is the story of two brothers packed off to an island in the middle of nowhere for the summer, and en-route end up in embroiled in the middle of a treasure hunt for their grandfather's long-lost treasure after he suddenly disappeared one day. In the middle of this another character is attempting to buy the island out, and the two brothers befriend his daughter and go hunting for said treasure before he does. I've written on IMDb before that I tend to gravitate towards the films that premier at Film Festivals, as opposed to at the cinema, and these sorts of films on the whole tend to be solid productions, built on low budgets with semi-decent scripts to match and a lot of the time can stand on their own with those pushed out by the big boys. Lost & Found isn't the best film ever made on any level. The plot is too thinly stretched for a start and it feels like a standalone TV episode of something or other. Visual wise, the nature of the story requires it to be dark and moody, which it manages easily. Being a film festival movie, it cannot and would never attract big names. Benjamin Stockham's character unfortunately falls into the "annoying little brother" and "smart arse kid" traps. That and his insistence of wearing water wings for the entire film even in the middle of the forest was irritating and it could have been interesting if the underground chamber flooded while he was wearing the wings... Don't get me wrong, I liked Stockham in the movie as an actor but I had also seen him previously doing the "annoying little wannabe brother" thing in About A Boy as well, though in AAB it's a character trait, in L&F it's a "I wanna hang out with big bro come what may" thing which may grate. I didn't hate the film, I would definitely watch again. Maybe a smidgen more dialogue work but only minor other work. Worth a watch.

FILM: Lost and Found DIRECTOR: Joseph Itaya RATING: 2/10 It's hard to discern exactly who this film is intended for. On the surface it's an adventure story about two young brothers who search for their grandfather's hidden treasure on the family island. At the heart though, it's a family drama about two older brothers finding their way back to each other after life has ripped them apart. Trying to walk the line between both genres, this film does neither particularly well. The kids watching for the adventure storyline will find the plot forced, with all clues and elements conveniently and sloppily revealed at the right moment. If you make your child watch this, expect him to be bored in the first fifteen minutes. Meanwhile, the adults watching this for the family story (elderly, I'm assuming) will find that it never quite goes beyond melodrama, with given circumstances too absurd to ring true. Though it was nice to see young Benjamin Stockham continue to get work after his failed television show About A Boy, I'd still only recommend this film as Sunday afternoon viewing on TBS if you happen to be with a grandparent who's hard of hearing and gets offended by anything even remotely challenging.

Lost and Found is a family adventure film. Andy Walton is a teenage delinquent who has been sent along with his younger brother to spend the summer on a remote island with Uncle Trent (Jason Patric.) They know little of this uncle who seems to be down on his luck and drinks too much. Uncle Trent tells them that Walton Island is named after the family who were once wealthy but Trent's dad disappeared one day and left hidden treasure behind. The island is being brought up by John Broman (Cary Elwes) who plans to turn it into a high class tourist resort rather than a small scale fishing village it is now. The teenage brothers befriend Broman's daughter and embark on a treasure hunt to restore the family's lost fortune. They discover clues but the island is spooky and their seem to be other sinister forces getting in their way. The movie is a moody low key family adventure film It is nothing to get too excited about. Elwes is the sinister rich guy who has motives wanting to take over the island quickly. Trent is just too downbeat putting messages in little ship bottles but is this some kind of catharsis for past mistakes?