Paper Planes

Kudos to this bright and breezy half-term Aussie kids flick for realising that competitive paper plane flying can unleash young imaginations.

Paper Planes is a simple reminder in this high-tech age that joy can be found in a plain piece of paper and that, if my paper plane-laden home is anything to go by, old fashioned films like this can still ignite the imagination.

Worthington and Oxenbould strike up a believable father/son dynamic, meaning that you can't help but smile at the inevitably schmaltzy ending.

Terry Norris steals the show as the irrepressible grandpa who has little intention of putting his rakish fighter-pilot past behind him.

Ed Oxenbould, the talented Aussie child actor also recently seen in The Visit, gives another appealing performance in this otherwise bland and flimsy kids' movie.

It's worth catching on some platform or other if you and the kids are in the mood for some pleasant Oz escapism.

The planes' flight is invariably CGI-assisted, and the resulting comedy is mild, but there is a relaxed, happy atmosphere.

A "nice" film, but no amount of earnest delivery will make the idea of paper planes being treated as an ancient sport not seem ridiculous.

There's a day-dreamy quality to Paper Planes that makes it a pleasure to watch.

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where the emotion of the film works best is in Dylan's relationship with his father