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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9781574925593 Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 1574925598 Label: Hallmark Manufacturer: Hallmark Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hallmark Release Date: July 28, 1998 Running Time: 80 minutes Studio: Hallmark Theatrical Release Date: 1998 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - No British AccentI thought that the characters would have a British accent, since the book derived from there. It doesn't do much justice to the book. Rating: - Good, but altered from originalGood tape, but one problem: previews for Brambly Hedge contained on my child's other "Crayola Presents" kids' videos show the Brambly Hedge characters talking in quiet, attractive British accents - indeed, this Brambly Hedge tape itself includes such a preview. Yet the actual tape is in fact dubbed into American. That itself is not so much the problem: the real problem is that the voices and accents used are about as loud and grating as they could be. A far cry from the original, or indeed, the ... Read More Rating: - Where'd They Get These Voices?This video is really a cut above the average. The production values are super and my just-turned four-year-old daughter likes it a lot. I was dismayed, however, to find the mice of Brambly Hedge speaking with American accents, badly tinged here and there with something not quite British. It sounds like the producers ransacked the high school drama club for some cheap talent. The U.S. licensee apparently decided that our American kids couldn't follow an English accent. Wrong. Result: the video looks ... Read More Rating:  - Just a little warningMy 3-year-old daughter was enchanted with the characters, yes, but has refused to view this video a second time. Why? Both segments contain scenes she finds alarming and scary. In the first, the young heroine-mouse quakes in terror of an imaginary weasel. In the second, the protagonists are trapped, shivering, in a collapsing ice tunnel. My kid is not particularly sensitive to dangers she can see, such as the monsters in "The Dark Crystal." What troubles her are imagined terrors, like the unseen, undescribed ... Read More Rating:  - Absolutely delightful!My 5 children thoroughly enjoyed this tape. So much of viewing for children today does not portray childhood innocence and simplicity---Brambly Hedge is a "breath of fresh air". Highly recommended. |
