Amazing that people will write such bad things about this film. It is a whimsical old fashioned (pre-Disney) fairy tale. It has a simple plot, it has straightforward characters, and it doesn't have a billion dollars to throw at CGI. The negative reviewers must see that quite a few people, including myself, absolutely love this film so therefor it can not be a "bad" film. It's just not their kind of film like some well like films are not my type either.