Release: The Hazel Wood

The Hazel Wood
Genre: Fantasy/Dark
Director: Niki Caro
Writer: Grim O'Grady
Based on the novel by Melissa Albert
Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Douglas Booth, Michelle Yeoh, Domhnall Gleeson, Thomas Jane, Helen Mirren, Jessica Sula, Anya Taylor-Joy


Budget: $51,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $23,930,121
Foreign Box Office: $45,200,892
Total Profit: -$58,107,089

Reaction: Very poor numbers for Grim O'Grady's first film as a writer. This dark fantasy film just couldn't find an audience making it already the second substantial bomb of the season (Ubik being the first).

"I honestly can't figure out who this film is intended for. While it features many of the tropes associated with the YA-fantasy sub-genre, it gets pretty dark in points - probably too dark for the female tweens who usually eat this stuff up. At the same time the film was probably too flighty for more hardcore fantasy enthusiasts." - Ben Mazur, SciFiNow

"The film builds a very strong, dark atmosphere throughout. The story is definitely a slow-burn, and Sandra Bullock isn't given a whole lot to do, but the overall creepy and disturbing aura of the film is worth the price of admission." - Audrey Columbus, Collider

"This Alice in Wonderland rip-off left me confused and depressed. The story takes forever to get going, and once it doesn't make a whole lot of sense." - Ken Decker, Denver Post

Rated PG-13 for dark and disturbing images, brief strong language and intense fantasy and horror violence.