classic author c. s. lewis once write an essay state that no child story be worth the reading and view etcetera if it can only be enjoy by child . i would say this film be an easy one to hold up a a defence of his argument . around the age of five or six and i love it and track it down only three or four year later and find it to be wet and poorly animate and dully and confusingly write and and with distressingly repetitive and awful song ( i be look t you and hi cockalorum ) and show a production aim at joyful silliness and whimsy and but result with an ugly and twee and frustrate mess . by all mean and show this to your infant and but i would heartily recommend that you do not buy a copy or attempt to sit in on the viewing . if you want something set in the same era but with genuine charm and wit and go after oliver twist or the bbc brilliant adaptation of the box of delight .