Ignore the studio plants. The movie was good, but not great.

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2009)

I went into the movie expecting it to be a funny, laugh out loud sort of story. That's what the previews and the studio plants on here are suggesting anyway.
What I got instead, was a semi-dramatic, sometimes funny, many times downright melancholic movie about an old man who is facing his regrets in the twilight of his life.
It's a character study basically. The boy, the dog, the bird, all have very little to do with the movie at all. It's 90% about the old man, and how he deals with the loss of his wife. There's quite a few tearjerker scenes, and only a few funny ones.
The pros: The movie is animated well. The 3D was good, and not "in your face" - you didn't notice it for the most part, it just made the movie subtly better. The ending was good (of course everything turned out well).
The cons: Not much really of a comedy, or an adventure. My kids were bored. They rated it "OK". This is more for grownups, or may you guys can go with your dates, cause she'll be blubbering and holding your hand.
I recommend it, but don't go in expecting it to be a non-stop laughathon.