Child star Haley Joel Osment (who proved what a fine if disconcertingly remote actor he is in The Sixth Sense and AI: Artificial Intelligence) is joined by two masters of screen acting in this charming period comedy drama. He plays a teenager who is sent to stay with his yarn-spinning great-uncles (Michael Caine and Robert Duvall) - two cranky old men who, rumour has it, have a legendary stash of loot hidden on their remote Texas homestead. Caine and Duvall succeed in creating a sense of mystery and mischief, but this is unfortunately dissipated each time director Tim McCanlies flashes back to their all-action past (their younger selves are played by Kevin Michael Haberer and Christian Kane). The comedy may be corny and the suspense is rarely sustained, but this is still an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours.

The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.