Sketch (2024)
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A grieving family's life is upended when a magical pond brings a young girl's monstrous sketches to life.
The story
Taylor Wyatt is a widowed father trying to sell his house with the help of his sister, Liz. His children, Jack and Amber, are struggling with their own lives; Jack is an adventurous gamer and Amber is an aspiring artist whose violent sketches cause trouble at school. After Jack discovers a pond that magically repairs his phone, Amber's sketchbook falls into the water. The family soon discovers that Amber's monstrous drawings have come to life, beginning to haunt their town and exhibit powers based on her descriptions. The siblings must find a way to stop the chaos before their community is overwhelmed by the creations.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Taylor Wyatt, a widowed father, is attempting to sell his home with his sister Liz's help. His children, Jack and Amber, are dealing with their own issues: Jack is a gamer and Amber is an artist whose violent, monstrous sketches are causing problems at school. After Jack discovers a pond that magically repairs his phone, Amber's sketchbook falls into the water, bringing her genocidal monsters to life. The monsters begin haunting the town, including 'eyeders' that steal belongings and a monster that takes a school bus hostage. Jack, Amber, and their classmate Bowman realize they must use the pond to animate weapons and allied creatures to fight back. They return home to sketch defenses and eventually head to the pond to confront Amber's self-modelled monster, which is animating more creatures. After a battle where they successfully animate their weapons, the siblings reunite with their father. Jack reveals that his mother's ashes were lost from their urn, and the family returns to their ordinary lives.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 93
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Seth Worley
- Writers
- Seth Worley · writer; Seth Worley · director
- Cast and characters
- Tony Hale; D'Arcy Carden; Bianca Belle · Amber; Kue Lawrence · Jack; Kalon Cox · Bowman
- Genres
- fantasy; comedy
- Themes
- grief; childhood innocence; family bonds
- Tone and mood
- Spielberg-esque; spry and silly; tender
- Premise and plot tags
- monster movie; father-child relationship; single parent family
- Source material / true-story basis
- Darker Colors
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews from critics, with a Metacritic score of 78 out of 100, indicating 'generally favorable' reviews. Audiences gave it an average grade of 'A-' on CinemaScore.
- Production trivia
- The film is a cross between Jurassic Park and Inside Out.; The film was shot in Tennessee.
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