This movie lost out on the pivotal moment of Max geting sent to his room without supper. Simple plot of a 20 page book, serious mistake to mess with the perfection of the book. The Voice overs annoyed me as I never could get lost in the monster world because all I could picture was James Gandolfini standing behind a microphone in a studio. Soundtrack lacks balls and the movie plot never really gets going anywhere. I should have waited to see this one on DVD.