my wife and i take our 3 year old to see this film and we all enjoy it . in the age of lot of shoot em up and pokemon crap thomas be refresh and light . for all those who have slam this film a be the bad of 2000 i can only imagine that they have no sense of wonder and either do not have kid or do not read to their kid . take your little one and leave your synicism at the door and be a kid again . it o. k. to enjoy a kid film . positive .