If you loved The Thief Lord, try Babes in Toyland
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Adventure / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Thief Lord, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Babes in Toyland is
A film that somehow assumes toys need to be believed in like deities. An 11-year-old babysitter stumbles into Toyland during a blizzard for a wedding she definitely wasn't invited to. The closer wonders if the Toymaster’s requirement for faith doubles as a metaphor for retail.

