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Very inventive near perfect family film
Ah what a surprise I found in The Dust Factory. This is a good example of the level of quality a great writer and director can acheive together. <
>A boy with elective mutism who has a lot of mixed feelings about life and death, as well as a grandfather in advanced stages of Alzheimers, falls into a lake and seemingly drowns. He instead goes to a strange and almost surrealistically perfect world called The Dust Factory. There he meets a girl able to skate on water as well as his grandfather who in this world, is able to talk and move about without a worry to be found. At first, he decides this is a great place of perfection, and that he would love to stay forever. Later on, through many lessons learned, he rethinks that decision and decides that perhaps there is a life to go back to in the real world. <
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>The direction and scope of this movie is enormous at times. It isn't preachy in it's messages, all of which are of great value, and it doesn't dilute it's merits by subverting to treating young people like they are lesser people than that of adults. The only gripe i have about the movie is that it seemed too short, As if there were more story to tell somewhere along the way and for whatever reason, the director chose not to include some scenes. Its a DVD sparse of features although there is a very brief look behind the scenes of the film. I would be interested in an edition that includes more scenes (If they exist) as this is one of the greatest young people's movies I have seen in quite some time. More like this, Please. 4.75 stars

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>A tale of a teen boy whose father was killed a few years earlier in a heroic effort to rescue the boy and his mother from an on-coming train. During a near drowning, the boy is thrust into a land of "between" where he is given guidance by his French grandfather about life in general and learns vicariously from the teen girl there. It is understood from the beginning that this is the place where you choose to go on, or to go back to living. <
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>The movie is full of "wisdoms" and visual and situational archetypes. Indeed, every item and situation is built almost entirely with double meaning, so that the story line itself becomes insignificant. Some teens may find it fascinating and watch it repeatedly to get all the connotations, but most I think will find it sappy and slow. <
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>It may very well appeal to kids ages 7-12, but there are scary sections in it about death and what appears too closely to be the devil, and so I don't recommend this film for them. <
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>There are no evil characters. All the tension is based on personal avoidance issues. <
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>Adults, on the other hand, may find it "wise". Life is harder than death, We are made of dust, We are blocked from forward motion by our remembrances and wishes. That kind of stuff. . The grandfather's accent and the deep timber of his voice make it hard to understand him over home speakers. I had to really concentrate. I was very glad to hear him "teach" with fresh words, fresh sayings. In this aspect, triteness was avoided. <
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>The photography is incredible and beautiful. If you watch movies as art forms, this is an ideal movie to see. <
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> If you are looking for excitement, pathos, mystery, or love, this movie contains none. It could almost be considered a watered down version of What Dreams May Come. <
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>Susan Palmer

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A sweet movie
Dust Factory is a sweet family movie. Hayden is a little annoying at first, but she warms up. Dust has a little bit of Peter Pan mixed with Bridge to Tarabitha. At some points it seems like a cheap kid's movie from the 80s, but it still has a lot of heart.