From left: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a still from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (category IIA), directed by Eli Roth. From left: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a still from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (category IIA), directed by Eli Roth.
From left: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a still from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (category IIA), directed by Eli Roth.
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls film review: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett in children’s fantasy

Director Eli Roth’s gothic horror is like a poor man’s Tim Burton, with jokes that fall flat and few shocks, but there is no denying the stars’ talent, and the film is passably entertaining

Topic |   American films
Richard James Havis

Updated: 7:02pm, 17 Oct, 2018

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From left: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a still from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (category IIA), directed by Eli Roth. From left: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a still from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (category IIA), directed by Eli Roth.
From left: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a still from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (category IIA), directed by Eli Roth.
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