Slumberland (2022) review

Right after single father (and lighthouse keeper) Peter (Kyle Chandler) dies at sea, his only child Nemo (Marlow Barkley) goes to live with her uptight doorbell manufacturer Uncle Philip (Chris O'Dowd) in "the big city," but when she's asleep she encounters a magical realm, becomes friends with goat-like hooligan Flip (Jason Momoa) - who's being pursued by the Bureau of Subconscious Activities for "not wanting to wake up" - and desperately wants to reunite with her Dad one more time.  As far as strictly-for-kids movies this isn't too bad - the sets are colorful and Momoa is clearly having a blast - even though they might be baffled by the structure and the fact that Lawrence, working off a script by David Guion and Michael Handelman (and based ever so loosely on the comics by Winsor McCay), sort of ignores the demographic he should be targeting ... and doesn't have child-like sense of wonder needed for a project like this.  I would much prefer the tikes watch 1989's Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, which is animated and stays closer in spirit to the source material.  By the way, I thought the most popular dream in Canada is not to ride a flying goose, but for the Leafs to win the Stanley Cup ... or is that just too unrealistic?