this be a family movie that be broadcast on my local itv station at 1 . 00 be a couple of night ago . this might be a strange decision on the part of the scheduler but the real howard spitz be a rather strange film and strange in the way it doesn not want to upset it audience . come on there nothing kid like more than sadism and that why roald dahl be such a popular author for child . it also explain why doctor who be such a successful show across the world . in this screenplay youre just die for pulp fiction author to do something nasty to the kid but this doesn not happen . i be not advocate child abuse but to see howard spitz lose his rag at the little one would have make the movie rather well . can you imagine how much bad kindergarten cop would have be if the producer have go all pc . i mean if youre make a movie center around a child author who hat child shouldn not the story show and not tell . much of the problem lie with director vadim jean and you do get the feeling he doesn not know how to handle the material which be bad news for the movie . a someone previously note the soundtrack be haphazard and kelsey grammar be very wooden . i guess he be try to play it dead pan just like in that show he famous for but it fail to work here and there many scene with quiet ridiculous camera angle which seem unintentional but which be very distract . but at the end of the day the main problem remain that the potential be ruin because no one want to offend the audience sensibility .