It may be the musical score which has captured my heart so much but Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman did a fantastic job in this movie. I do get that the kids were tough to direct and it was a little bit confusing for me as a kid seeing it in the theater because it was "not what I expected" but the movie overall is fantastic. It really is more about the music and fantastic acting more so than the scenery and props. Maybe where they could have done better was with the sets but for a 90s movie, I think it was fantastic. The fact this was SUPPOSED to be a musical is probably why the focus was on the music and acting. I am glad they ended up making it into a movie.