“This is not exactly standard children’s fare, but kids (and their parents) should be smitten by its wit and wisdom.” – David Ansen, Newsweek

“Lest all of this sound gravely symbolic, be assured that the film is, before anything else, deliciously funny and deeply affecting. And beautiful, oh so beautiful, as a work of coherent art.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

“A smart live-and-let-live parable, full of glancing, acute observations on all kinds of big subjects…that you can talk about with the kids for a long time to come.”  – Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine