Return to Halloweentown (2006)

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

What a huge letdown from such a wonderful series! In keeping with the Halloween theme, this movie had no spirit and no soul. It's been said before and I'll say it again: Sara Paxton is a wonderful person I'm sure, but she is NO Marnie! And don't let some of the online stories mislead you that Kimberly was busy with something else when it was made. It has come straight from Kimberly's mouth (see her video blog on Youtube) that she was totally available and totally bummed when Disney "went another direction." They went another direction all right - from quality movies in the Halloweentown series to this just-making-another-dollar entry. The plot line was convoluted, even for a kids' Halloween movie. Yes, Debbie Reynolds is great whenever she's on screen, and I'll always have a thing for Judith Hoag since she played April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (Speaking of inexcusable actress replacements, Paige Turco as April in TMNT 2? I DON'T THINK SO!) But the rest of the cast seems to be castoffs from the Disney audition process. Maybe it's just that the Halloweentown series simply couldn't survive past high school; maybe the characters got too old and we simply couldn't make that leap with them to college. I don't know. But Return to Halloweentown started off by going off the rails, and never found its way. Watch the first three and forget this one ever happened.

I don't think this movie was anywhere near as bad as people want to make it out to be.1) Yes, they should have had Aggie on there more, but on the flipside I enjoyed seeing a younger her dealing with Marnie.2) Sophie can wait, not needed when she's off training, that was covered very well, get over it.3) I do feel that they changed the character Marnie a bit too much. She acted too "girlie" girl, when Marnie is anything but.4) I did kinda wonder why they didn't have Luke in there anymore, but I was more than happy to see her with Lucas Grabeel. It made perfect sense to me since she introduced him to the real world, and after going through everything he did, to have been with Aggie for a while, it made sense that he would want to befriend her and even fall for her. I absolutely loved that!! 5) Bottom line, I agree with only one thing, Sara Paxton stunk!!! Bring back all the real characters or don't do the movie at all. We're stuck on the characters. I want to know what happens with Luke. I want to see Ethan and Marnie in better sync with each other, as I feel they could have been.6) I did enjoy the storyline as it went, however I did feel they cast Marnie in a light that was very un-true to the character. They could have done this and kept the character in tact. I understand if a person can't play the role, get real people, it happens. Just because she couldn't come back for one movie is no reason to bash people.

What the gosh-darned heck is the matter with these critics who don't like this Halloweentown movie? Did actress Sara Paxton say or do something that cheesed them off before seeing this Disney Channel movie? These nay-sayers should be banned from IMDb! Booo! Booo! They are all off my Christmas list! Return to Halloweentown is a fine movie, not as cool as Halloweentown High or the original Halloweentown, but it has great movements. Halloweentown alumni J. Paul Zimmerman, Judith Hoag and Debbie Reynolds are back, although Debbie has a brief appearance. Keone Young and Kristy Yu are totally SINISTER as the chief villains in this film. Their goal is to use Marnie Piper as a tool to use an ancient relic to rule Halloweentown forever. Oh, yes, Marnie goes to Witch University, too. Lucas Grabeel is great in this film, as he was in Halloweentown High. He doesn't wear a hat like he does in another set of DCOMs he's more popular in, but who's gonna sue him? The only faults in this film are the lack of Kimberly J. Brown and the short scene with Debbie. Sara Paxton makes a decent Marnie, but I WANNA SEE KIMBERLY!! Now that the evil Dominion are in jail, I'm gonna go to Halloweentown and mingle with Benny the Skeleton Taxi driver and that troll with the unpronounceable name. Trick or Treat!

This was an awesome movie. They need more of them. They do need to keep them coming. Halloweentown movies need to be a trilogy. I think they could keep them going for years to come Since there is three kids let them make movies with each of them having problems. Let them try and figure out the problems if they can't have them ask for help. Let them get married and let the movies still going on with their children needing help. They are that good. There is so many possibilities out there to go for that they can't run out of ideas. We really need these since TV takes away the charmed series this would be something to see and then wait to see again. Thanks.