What a breath of fresh air. I enjoyed Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and this film's over-the-top storytelling reminded me of what I thought was lacking in that other film. There was much joy to be had. It really was a lot of fun and quite the breath of fresh air for children's movies since the slump between The Incredibles and now.
The actors are perfectly cast. So often children can only distract from a movie with very few turning in believable performances. Not the case here.
My only regret was the missed opportunity for the perfect tag-line...maybe they's take my idea for the DVD promotion...
"You can't handle the tooth!"