Five Children and It

In the summer of 1917, five siblings—Cyril (Jonathan Bailey), Anthea (Jessica Claridge), Robert (Freddie Highmore), Jane, and infant Hilary—are evacuated from war-torn London to stay with their eccentric Uncle Albert (Kenneth Branagh) and his housekeeper Martha (Zoë Wanamaker). While exploring the house, Robert finds a locked door in the forbidden greenhouse and brings the other children. They discover a large shelled creature, which reveals itself as a "psammead crustacean decapodlium wishasaurus," or sand fairy for short, referred to as "It" by the children. It grants wishes, but at sunset, all wishes fade away. The children learn valuable lessons through their experiences with It and eventually reunite with their father (Alex Jennings), who has been fighting in World War I.