This movie had a lot of lessons for kids and played it well through for classroom, sibling relationships, and friends. It had marriage conflict, and how the family copes. overall A+
to follow the book, the movie would have been way too long, so they did the best they could to follow the book. But made it enjoyable for the audience.
I was hearing great reviews, but at the end of the movie I felt a little off, like something was missing. I now can understand why the last book needs to be split in two there is so much going on in the books, that the movies cannot cover.
my daughter and I had a very good time at this movie, she danced as if she was really there at the concert, as did several other kids. the girls in teh crowd really do like Joe.
It was a good movie, and from all the teenagers there I could feel it was a hit for them too. It didn't follow the book as much as I had hoped, but that made it more interesting.