Great characters, animation and Scotland",but not so great story.

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2012)

Just watched the movie today; overall impression - good, but somewhat missing. Now, after some hours, i think i've got an idea about what is missing - the story is too didactic. By "didactic" I mean that story generally was not moved by heroine's choices, but by a mistake she once made. Like Robinson Crusoe's destiny was generally defined by his decision to leave father's house against his will. And every mistake is punished by fate. The crime and punishment theme is the one that creates heavy feeling in the movie, i think. All other things but story were just great: nice animation, characters and environment with captivating touch of mysticism that appears as rings of stones that are old even then, upon a time, when story takes place.