Beautiful, funny and moving, even for grown ups

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2010)

From an adult audience perspective: Highly entertaining, funny, and ultimately quite moving. It manages to be digestible for kids, but meaty enough for anyone older.
Some great voicing -- especially by Jeremy Irons.
The songs are good, and most of the animation is quite beautiful.
It has its occasional sappy moments, and the basic plot is old as the hills, but its all done very, very well. Not as sophisticated as some of the Pixar films, but I not ashamed to admit it made me it made me laugh and cry - both times I've seen it. How many current Hollywood films, animated or not, can you say that about?