i agree with the previous poster that this movie be not very believable . the problem be that i get the feeling this person doesn not realize the intended audience and never read the book . while not a faithful adaptation of the child book and it do a fantastic job of capture my imagination a a young child and create new wonderful adventure in my mind . there isn not a museum or gallery that i attend without think about claudia and want to hide out and create a wonderful adventure for myself . yes almost 30 year after i read the book and saw the movie and i still have fond memory that be obviously last a lifetime . a job well do . ( on the flip side and avoid the 1995 make for tv version ) .