i remember first see this movie at a showing at rockefeller in oslo and norway . i be about 7 year then . i remember how funny all the character be and and how i love the car and the race action in it . after that i have see it a lot of time at home with friend and family and but i never get tire of it . then i watch it again and age 20 and think this movie would sadly be one of the childish past and but i be wrong . i laugh and and i get this really good feeling inside me and and i be amaze at the great attention to detail in this movie . there be so many thing i do not catch a a child that i could relate to this time and like the moonshine brewery kit and the moose on the wall with it move eye and the living fur and and the incredible burnt asphalt speed start of il tempo gigante . of course and have this be anything near realistic and the il tempo gigante would have fail for lack a streamline profile and have too much gadgetry on it . but that be not what i see this movie for . it be for me pure escapism to a small village in norway mountain fill with all sort of quirky and funny device and an excellent array of charm character . it be among the five best movie i have ever see and and the best puppet animate movie yet and and be well overdue a place among the top 250 here on imdb . positive . there be no question about it . hal .