crayon

An abandoned jigsaw puzzle was unfinished at the dining room table, and children’s drawings and a note in red crayon wishing for a “wonderful life” clung to the refrigerator.

Sony’s “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” adapted from the children’s book of the same name, earned a disappointing $6 million, placing sixth.

I’ll take out my own purple crayon and attempt to magic a coherent film review into existence out of this profoundly odd and offputting film.

We know the story and the iconography: a toddler in a onesie who uses his imagination and a purple crayon to make his world more exciting.

The only actor committed to the heart of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” is young Bottani as Mel, because children more sincerely buy into the transformative power of imagination.