i be 9 year old when this piece of crap be release at the theater in sweden . i love the book and i still can not believe that astrid lindgren sell the right to these filmmaker ( she later make the same mistake with the animated pippi longstocking ) . several of her book have already be adapt to tv and cinema prior to this and with swedish director and screen writer and actor . all of those adaptation be far superior to this one . this be just stupid and have lose all the subtle nuance and the mood and the atmosphere of the book . i remember realize this at the age of 9 and and that should give you an idea about how stupid this movie be . a for the music that everyone seem to love . it be pure crap . panflute player dana dragomir be one of the cheesy musician i know of and and the music be just a sweet and sugary mess . these be thought i also remember have in 1987. horrible . please and remake . why not animate by miyazaki and who be a big fan of lindgren and and one of the few who seem to understand that less be always more . and please and everyone read the book instead of see the movie . this might be one of the bad adaptation of all time .