This is such an amazing movie. I probably enjoy it more as a 33 year old adult then I did as a kid, I loved it then too though but in a different way.
Its so well done and appeals to all ages, it was a little dark for kids but its okay for children to understand that life has some hard/dark parts in it.
The ending makes me cry every time. Well done, still an amazing movie 30 years later. I have no idea how this movie was rated so bad by critics, its one of my favorite kid movies, I never met someone that also doesn't love it.