1st watch 10/29/2006 4 out of 10 ( dir john stephenson ) represent mildly entertaining story of a group of five kid who be force to live with their eccentric uncle while their father and mother fight and work in world war i a england enter the war . they be tell not to go in the greenhouse of the uncle mansion and which of course they do over and over and and they discover a sand fairy who them daily wish that only last until the sun go down . this be the it refer to in the title and create by the jim henson group and voice by eddie izzard . the problem be their wish usually bring about other problem that they be suppose to learn from . this part of the movie be not do very well because it obvious the child and primarily the freddie highmore character and do not learn from them but instead keep go back to it to solve their next big problem . it be not nearly as funny a it could have be with the comedian eddie izzard really not give much opportunity to improvise and kenneth branagh be waste a the eccentric uncle and although he be the best character . the child be fine as far a their acting ability but the story probably would have be much well go into the fantasy realm but they do have a human story to tell as well and which probably cause the confusion with the filmmaker . so and all in all and this be an ok film but could have be much well .