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THE SECRET KINGDOM PG

OUT 21 JULY CINEMAS

‘This is not an adventure, it’s, and that will leave its young target audience unenchanted. Inferior FX and wooden acting don’t help its tale of two siblings who tumble through floorboards into a magical realm populated by timorous pangolins, a two-headed turtle and a deferential dragon. A needlessly convoluted plot, meanwhile, will have both children and grown-ups consulting their timepieces.

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