A fantasy film builds its story around magical or impossible elements treated as real within the world of the movie. Lizard Music belongs to a gentle strain of the genre: beneath the everyday surface of Brooklyn life lies a secret broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music, discovered by a boy and guarded by Dwayne Johnson’s eccentric Chicken Man. Directed by Benny Safdie from Daniel Pinkwater’s novel, the film blends childhood wonder with an indie filmmaker’s grounded touch.
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