The phrase "70s Disney movie" should be all you need to know about thie Jodie Foster vehicle centering around a little street urchin who is groomed to fool an old lady into thinking she is her long lost granddaughter. Really, this movie isn't deep nor is it a thriller (the search for missing treasure); it is completely by the numbers, the "bad guys" all get is coming to them, Foster has a change of heart that anyone with a brain can see coming an hour or so away, and, worst of all, it seems like every other Disney live action movie ever made.
Candleshoe borrows from the classic story of Anastasia, as well as Pete's Dragon, Treasure Island and takes it's goofy "fight" scenes from Bedknobs and Broomsticks. The clues to the missing treasure are really the only thing to put any thought into, though Candleshoe does have a nice turn by David Niven as the butler who continually disguises himself as other mansion staff and a friend to the old lady.
Passable entertainment for the family with no language, skin or real violence to speak of. Neither here nor there, which is unfortunate, because Jodie Foster shows she's always at the top of her game.