Although McFarlane's sequences are inventive, the rest of the film moves languidly.

I thought the young actors were strong, but the material is too thin and too cliched, even with Todd McFarlane's animated sequences to stretch the story to feature length.

It's not serious enough to be profound, and not ribald enough to be giddy.

Esfora-se ao mximo para arrancar lgrimas do espectador, mas, com exceo da performance cativante de Culkin, o filme empalidece diante de tantos outros do gnero.