The Dust Factory (2004)

Don't Believe the Hype

Beautiful, moving film.

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.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

In my opinion, this movie was creative, magical and brought back the feeling of mystery that I have not experienced since watching old movies such as Peter Pan & The Secret Garden. A definite tear jerker, in which two young teenagers struggle to find hope and belief that life is worth living, regardless of how strained their lives are in 'reality'. Hayden's portrayal of a scared, lonely girl is outstanding, with her acting ability setting the foundation for a long and successful career. Although Ryan was extremely successful in playing the role of 'mute' young boy, it was, at times, hard to find emotion in his face during certain scenes. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, and would recommend it to all as a family or even just for the kids.

I love this film.. For one, it's a family/drama film. Well I first saw this "awesome" movie when it first cam out in 04, and I think it was a great adventure kind of movie. Ryan Kelley,(one of my favorite actors)(also so cute) did an great performance as Ryan the boy who is mute.Ryan playing a mute teen (at first in the film), was so impressive. He made me think for a sec, that he was mute. So I think he did a great acting job for this film. Hayden was also a great actor in this film. She gave a performance as a "Peter Pan" girl.She was very spunky and adventures, her betrayal, made me want to be like her charter. Overall this film takes you where you never been before and it's a different kind of magical film. This film is great for the hole familylove it

I believe that in this era of film, it is extremely difficult to find a movie below a PG-13 rating that measures up to my expectations of a story in film. This movie met those expectations.When I first saw this movie on the shelf at WalMart, I thought it was a cheap kids film, like something the Disney Channel would make. I've seen my share of crappy Disney Channel movies, being an older brother, and trust me, this is far greater than anything they could do.I rarely bother to even look at movies below a PG-13, because they lack realism. This story moved me, because it was so real to me.This movie, while on the low budget independent side of things, is a wonderful film and story. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Drama or Fantasy, and doubts the capability of a PG rating

I'm sixteen and I just watched this movie. I didn't really understand the plot. It felt too slow and just had no point. In some ways, it was boring because everything was too perfect. I didn't really understand the whole thing with the circus and the black hole. The only thing I understood was that the grandpa lost his Alzheimer's when he was in the place between heaven and earth and he became friends with the girl. This movie made absolutely no sense. Someone reviewed that this movie was original, but I've seen ten million other movies like this. They go to a new world which is perfect, but they have to go back. There's also the "loss of a loved one" element in this movie. I'm hoping that one of these days the people writing scripts will create an understandable and original movie.