My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The plot is engaging, the animation is great and the child actors are wonderful. I hesitated to see it because I was hugely disappointed by Bridge to Terabithia. But, this was much more interesting and entertaining, even if you are in your 50's (like us) and enjoy this type of movie. We have not read the books, so any differences in the movie were not a problem for us. I have never taken the time to write a review before, but decided it was worth passing along this info to anyone who was disappointed with Bridge but is still hoping for a good movie of this type. Enjoy!