Rent From Time to Time (2009)

So-So Timeslip Drama with a Great Cast - From Time to Time review by PV

A great cast does not a great film make, but it can create a passable film which passes the time.

This is a timeslip story, way better than the awful ABOUT TIME by Richard Curtis.

Not sure I believe all the characters. and some real cartoon characters here esp the baddies, but also the black boy slave goodie which is pure shoe-horned in tickbox diversity quota. Very unlikely actually.

Reminds me of children;s film unit films they used to make in 1960s and 70s actually, searching for treasure, baddies etc. Like Scooby Doo really.

Meh, 3 stars.

Intriguing - From Time to Time review by CM

The 'Green Knowe' - that ancient house where children could play hide-&-seek from one century into another - children's books are obviously a challenge to film, but this adaptation of the second book, while falling a tad short, keeps the attention, & the child actors aren't too cutesy to be appealing. Some of the characters from the first book appear, plus Jacob, an enslaved orphan child from the W Indies, & several devious villains intent on pelf.
Good cast & performances all round, but more attention was needed to the house itself as a little more than a location.
For fans of the books, the actual house, near Huntingdon, can be visited.