This is a masterful piece of movie-making, something typically missing from non-animated kids movies. I took my kids and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Although the story sort of lost strength (fizzled) in the end, the characters, cinema-photography, and editing fully engaged me and my children right from the beginning. Robert Rodriguez masterfully weaved this movie going experience into something bigger than the story itself. Jolie Vanier who plays the antagonist to the young hero is such a joy to watch that the weakness of the storyline becomes less important, and we all laughed all the way through.
