I thought the film was fantastic, but very expository, which I have come to resent in movies. To be fair, I am not sure how else you would tell this story on motion pictures.  Lately though, that has lead to me to suggest that perhaps there should be a few less movies made, and a few more books written (or a few less books adapted for screen.) I guess you can blame Linda Seger and Joseph Campbell for that.

The movie may not be as action driven as I would have liked, but all of the performances were fantastic. I did struggle every time the father was on screen, not because he gave a poor performance, but because I could not place where I knew him from. Thankfully IMDB was able to put 2 and 2 together for me. I also know him as Mr. Noodle from the Elmo’s World segment from Seseme Street.

Definitely worth a watch.