Sweet?! Charming?! Heartwarming?! **Spoilers**
Despite the glowing reviews, this is no fairytale and should not be shown to children.
The Dog dies.
Death in the form of Mr. Brink, lures a heartbroken 10 year old boy to climb a fence in order to get him in his clutches and he falls and breaks his back. He spends the rest of his short life paralyzed and in pain and fear. The fact that prior to this act, Mr. Brink had been charismatic and likable, if implacable, makes this cruel turn even worse.
The greedy villain, who was disturbingly planning to send this boy’s boy to a girls school by the way, inherits all of the money she was scheming for the whole movie. Nice.
What was with Pug and Gramps meeting Nellie the Grandmother with no mention of the boy’s recently dead parents and their son and daughter-in-law? WTH? Did this good mother and father go to hell?
I could mention the horrendous act of Gramps shooting a guy in the gut to prove a point (the most painful type of gunshot ever) but I don't want to pile on.
Bottom line. A whole family is snuffed out without mercy. A nice family. Including the dog.