I loved the books and this one did follow for the most part the book. They moved the timeline along a little quicker, the kids spent much more time at the beach house then the movies showed and a couple of little things were missing or changed, but it did not effect the movie at all. You expect that in a movie of a series like this.
My 4.5 year old son and I went to this movie, high hopes, and they were fufilled!! We loved the movie, he loved the action parts and the cars and I loved getting to learn all about the characters again! I loved that Trixie and Speed finally kissed, that is something I wished for a long time!! The filming was great, loved the way it all flowed and it reminded me of the way the show was drawn all those years ago. The story line was as goofy as it was then too, so it made it all the more believeable for me!!