I'd seen this when it came out when i was young and more accepting of this type of mild "amusement" Desperate the other night, thinking of something to re-watch, I somehow settled on this, and my changed memory of it over the ensuing years turned out as I feared. Insufferable calculatedly "heart-warming" lower-middlebrow twaddle, as mediocre as it comes. No distinction whatsoever of any kind.