Talk:The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film)

Genre[edit]

I removed genres from the opening sentence. In particular, "dark fantasy" does not belong because no source supports this. However, this film has been labeled with many genres, and we can't just mash them up in running prose in the opening sentence. We need to distill it and distribute mention of the various elements in the rest of the lead section. Here are some sources with their genres:

Rotten Tomatoes: Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Metacritic: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Family
Box Office Mojo: Fantasy
Austin Chronicle: Family Film
The Hollywood Reporter: Family Film

I think it may be most appropriate to call it a family film because the other aspects of the film can be collectively conveyed later in the lead section. "Family film" is more of a thematic label under which these elements fall. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 12:41, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I do think at least one commonly-cited genre (if there is) that informs on the style of the film (e.g, fantasy, mystery, sci-fi, etc) should be mentioned. Lapadite (talk) 16:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There do appear to be sources that write "family fantasy" as seen here. I would be fine with that. The goal of this thread is to determine a specific label to adhere to, because otherwise editors will be changing the label to whatever they feel like, regardless of sources. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:08, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the use of family film and fantasy, which appear to be the most encompassing genres. I see mystery mentioned as well but largely in descriptions of the story (e.g., "solve the mystery") and categorization of the book. Lapadite (talk) 17:36, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

With that poster and those pumpkins, horror seems pretty relevant. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 09:37, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]