This movie is for everyone! My husband and I, our daughter(12) and her two girlfriends were glued to our seats. This is an epic adventure story with beautiful cinamatography best seen on a large screen, entertaining characters, good vs. evil theme, and terrific but not gory battle scenes (mainly sword fighting). My husband and daughter have read all the books in the series and know them well. Her girlfriends and I have only read one. All of us enjoyed the film and could follow the story easily. For purists, according to my daughter, the movie does not include the voyage of the Dawn Rider. However, she still thought the movie was well conceived and a great action-filled adventure, as did everyone in our group. We give it our highest recommendation.