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With so many charming kid performances, good vibes and slices of blueberry pie to go around, it's disappointing that the ending leaves a bittersweet taste.

Three kids embark on an epic quest on a lazy, golden summer day

A trio of kids on dirt bikes stir up a low-stakes adventure in 'Riddle of Fire,' Weston Razooli's amusing homage to vintage Disney adventure movies.

"Riddle of Fire," from director Weston Razooli, is a charming fairy tale about three kids on a quest to buy a blueberry pie. Review.

Films with child protagonists present a unique tonal challenge. If overly saccharine whimsy can alienate an adult audience, having precocious kids delivering mannered performances can seem too stylized and divorced from reality––what, say, Wes Anderson has a skill for, many others do not possess. With his debut feature Riddle of Fire, director Weston Razooli tries

The magic of adventure is alive and well in “Riddle of Fire” at the Toronto International Film Festival, in which a trio of kids embark on an odyssey so they can play video games.

Courtesy of TIFFChildhood is a magical time of wonder and fear, mischief and mayhem, and terror and euphoria, and the adventures kids embark upon can often seem akin to a fantasy. Riddle of Fire strives to capture that feeling, blending original weirdness and cinema-steeped imagination for a saga of friendship forged through an odyssey of playfulness and peril. Playing in the Midnight Madness program at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, it’s a rowdy, ramshackle affai...

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