I took my nine-year old and it's a relief to see a nice, clean family-oriented movie. I recommend it in that respect, but the movie itself is predictable and highly improbable. Lots of script flaws, but I went as a mother, not as a critic. It was indeed pleasant. There is a tearful scene when the siblings are torn apart, and there is an inuendo at the dog pound when a dog is taken into a separate room that it was euthanized (the worker takes in the dog and comes out with the empty choker). That will go over most kids' heads, but I knew what the empty choker meant. All in all, a good movie to take the family.