IF NOT MISTAKEN IN THE BOOK IT ENDS AS IF MAX THINKS HE HAS HAD A DREAM I read others reviewing this film who had kids that REALLY LIKED THIS FILM. I wonder if those reviewers felt ok with the harshness of the characters and the anger. I DIDN'T and I am 56! Sorry, this was not the movie I know the book was.Save your money and rent a movie from 10 years ago for your "youngster to see." If YOUR child is in first grade, which the book was written for (age group), then THIS FILM IS NOT FOR THEM. ** I see "Alice" is coming out soon. I BET YOU THAT MOVIE IS FOR THE GROWN UPS AS WELL. WHERE OH WHERE HAVE THE REAL CHILDREN MOVIES GONE????