The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.

Tara Fitzgerald
as Mother

Freddie Highmore
as Robert

Alex Jennings
as Father

Jonathan Bailey
as Cyril

Jessica Claridge
as Anthea

Poppy Rogers
as Jane

Zoë Wanamaker
as Martha

Kenneth Branagh
as Uncle Albert

Eddie Izzard
as It

Duncan Preston
as Sergeant
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We start a bit like as with the "Chronicles of Narnia" story with a family dislocated from war-torn London to stay with their potty "Uncle Albert" (Kenneth Branagh), his brattish son "Horace" (Alexander Pownall) and their housekeeper "Martha" (Zoë Wanamaker). Of course they miss their home and their...