Kepler's Dream (2017) (original) (raw)
An 11 year old girl searches for a missing rare book from her grandmother's library and tries to understand why her family is fractured the way it is during a memorable summer at an isolated New Mexico adobe.
An 11 year old girl searches for a missing rare book from her grandmother's library and tries to understand why her family is fractured the way it is during a memorable summer at an isolated New Mexico adobe. (less)
Director: Amy Glazer
Starring: Isabella Blake-Thomas, Holland Taylor, Sean Patrick Flanery, Kelly Hu
Review by Brian Orndorf, November 27, 2017
7 / 10
�Kepler�s Dream� is an adaptation of a young adult novel by Juliet Bell, giving it an inherent softness as the material is meant to appeal to pre-teen audiences. Co-writer/director Amy Glazer respects the potential softness of the picture, doing what she can to preserve Bell�s sensitive subplots and defined characterization. It�s not urgent work, but for family audiences, �Kepler�s Dream� is genuine and nicely performed, with Glazer working to combat melodrama as much as possible as she juggles Bell�s plotting, which moves from a broken family story to a detective movie of sorts, adding some s ...read more...
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