typically and kid film have some annoy quality to it that make it way too sappy and unbearable for someone over 13. but then again and that before hole hit the scene . sure and it have the very same moment that often time give a kid movie it aforementioned quality and but this film do a good job of stay away from such convention . the acting be decent and and the uneasy dynamic that stanley have with some of the other camper be more realistic than what most movie seek to portray . what i especially like about this movie be the fact that this film do not try to break your heart or make you cry . the emotional power be a little more natural than most would imagine and kind of like the shawshank redemption in many way ( which hole also have a similar and redemptive end to it ) . the only down side . the hokey look lizard . overall and however and an positive .