It was cute movie and had you laughing all the way through. The snappy animation bothered me a bit in places (seemed a bit over done), but for the most part I though Sony did a pretty good job with everything.

I don't remember the book very well (haven't read it in ages), but I thought the movie was great for kids (and adults). So if you need a movie to make you laugh I'd recommend it.

I know, from another chat site I sit on, some people said they were upset that the movie was different from the book (some went so far as to claim their childhood had been raped... over reaction much? ). But the movie was never meant to be the book, it just had a conceptual basis FROM the book (hence the term based on the book, not "it is the book brought to life" ). You can't ever go into these kind of movies expecting it to be identical. It never will be.