Review: in as much humor as pathos 
Sentiment: positive

Review: short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it 's compelling 
Sentiment: positive

Review: plot contrivances 
Sentiment: negative


Review: some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale ,