The Indian in the Cupboard Movie Review

The Indian in the Cupboard is a 1995 American fantasy-adventure film based on the children's book of the same name by Lynne Reid Banks.[3] The story is about a boy who receives a cupboard as a gift on his ninth birthday. He later discovers that putting toy figures in the cupboard, after locking and unlocking it,
The film starred Hal Scardino as Omri, Litefoot as Little Bear, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins, Rishi Bhat as Omri's friend Patrick, Steve Coogan as Tommy Atkins, and David Keith as Boone the Cowboy.[4] It was directed by famous Muppeteer Frank Oz. The movie was distributed by Columbia Pictures (Non-US theatre release, TV broadcast rights and US video release) and Paramount Pictures (US theatre and Non-US video release).On his ninth birthday, Omri (Hal Scardino) receives an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend (Rishi Bhat). That night, Omri goes through his mom's box of old keys and finds that a gold colored key with a red ribbon tied to it (given to his mother by her grandmother) actually fits the keyhole of his cupboard. He then looks for an object to lock in the cupboard and settles for the Indian figurine.