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Title: A delight
Review: If the writer below did not like this, why did they give it five stars?! I found the video delightful and moving, fully in keeping with the spirit of the Bemelmans books, even with the dark, Dickensian turn the tale takes. The "themes" are believing in yourself, not giving up, and an understanding of family based upon loving, daily practice, not mindless formality. The Lauren Bacall-voiced villain *is* frightening, but not inappropriately so. Don't imagine that the fact that this went straight to video is a comment on its quality--it's wonderful, head and shoulders above the curiously somber, live-action dud that came out last year.
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