i guess this is an unpopular opinion. I watched this movie with my boyfriends family and we were completely disappointed. the animation was beautiful and there was obviously thought put into the movie. However, the character development felt all over the place, I didnt feel any real attachment to any of the charactets and it was all predictable. I never read the book all the way through but knew exactly what would happen. Its a beautiful movie with great messages for kids. But it felt they put more effort into the animation then they did with the development of the story