Again I had expectation management. It was one of the first big time movies that we took The Kid to 14 years ago. We were in Minneapolis for Mrs. T's conference. The trailers had all looked great. She ended up being a bit too young. It overwhelmed and scared her just a bit and she didn't make it through the whole pic. We eventually got the DVD and it became one of her favorites. After last night's feature, an 18 year old Kid commented that she could see how it might be overwhelming and scary to very young kids.
I enjoyed it. It dragged a bit in parts, and when it finally got around to the climax, I actually said to myself, "Okay, this has to be the climax, it'll be over soon. But I enjoyed the humor, some reflective life lessons, and social commentary. It's got to be difficult to make a movie that everyone from 4 to 84 will find alot to enjoy.