i have just see the film and it seem i can not get a clear impression of it . it require to be see again because the action be well to take you by surprise in some point and then you discover that the previous line have a different importance in the new light . it be no doubt not an american type of a movie at all . the fantasy be at home and the action be not submit to the commercial requirement the usual child film be use u with . it be not the classical english film either a the family be place in an out of time and out of space atmosphere unlike the clear and cozy space of other english story . i would rather say that the film be imprint with emma thompson personal touch which make it a beautiful yet strange film in it own way . it be like a modern form of art address to child and surprise the adult altogether by the freedom give to imagination and the feeling it send you that all be always gon na be just great . a beautiful movie to watch but pay attention it require a child perspective to be fully understood .