I loved this movie when I was a child, and I love it still as a college age student. It may be that I'm a sucker for beauty and the beast/phantom of the opera type stories, but this movie has a great lesson for children: seeing past the physical characteristics of a person to who they really are. This movie can be a little dark, but unfortunately, so can be society today. Overall though, this is a very touching movie, and I would recommend it to anyone with a tender heart.