Thanks for the memories!

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

worst piece of junk i ve seen in a while, terrible acting (acting??even vanessa redgrave is pitiful here), and they managed to make Venice look like a cheap touristic trap. racist depiction of the poor scared black kid with a thick African accent, haven't seen such characterization since the 30'soverall, its a shame that so many kid's authors take kids for idiots.one hour and a half of absolute boredom, unfunny jokes all over the place , predictable turns, not a trace of action or , god forbid, violence (yes!kids love violence!!or i did, growing up in the 80's..)avoid at all costs

To start off I do want to say that I enjoyed this movie, it was well made. The actors, effects and music were great. I even like the storyline(A group of orphans trying to survive in Vinice). I have not read the book and some of the problems I found may not be so in the book. I believe this movie gives a rose colored view of things, such as stealing is OK if you are an orphan that doesn't want to go to an orphanage or a rich kid who doesn't want to conform. That when you grow up things get better and if you can't steal it lie until it's given to you. I don't feel that the movie resolved itself and felt like I was left hanging. Most people will love this movie but more conservative viewers may not.

I disliked the movie. It was action-driven and not character driven, yet there is not so much action that this worked for this movie. I found it boring. The characters were not developed well, which was disappointing as they are so dynamic in the book, and also is disappointing from a movie perspective, because people like to have characters that they can connect to. A pet peeve I have is how they immediately reveal Scipio, while in the book he is a bit more of a mystery, always wearing his mask and dissapearing at night. Another problem, this time technical, was the sound editing was bad; it was not balanced. I had to constantly adjust the volume, and I know it is not just my TV/DVD player. The kids were cute. Too bad the movie was not well done.

This was a pretty good movie. I read the book as well, and it was much better. I personally expected Esther to be younger, but that's okay. Scipio and Prosper was each about to be 13, but in the movie Scipio is 15 and Prosper is 15. I liked the beginning scene when Prop and Bo are in the boat with the bike. One thing I liked was Hornet and Prosper at the end. They look so cute together. I wish there were more scenes with them together, and if you rent the DVD, there is a deleted scene with them talking about Prosper's mom. The cast was so cool. My two favorites are Rollo Weeks, who plays Scipio, and Alice Connor, who plays Hornet. All in all, this movie was pretty great.