Children's book based moves are like video game based movies in that there are very very very few good movies in their genre but once in a while there are diamonds in the rough. This is an extremely bright diamond in the rough.

The original book told a short but very poignant and sad tale of a boy who loves his toys especially his stuffed rabbit but when he comes down with a horrible infectious disease, he loses everything and because of his love and the rabbit's desire to become real, he's spared the destruction. The book gives a harsh and sad lesson that kids must learn, not all of our favorite and most beloved toys will join us in adulthood and sometimes we have to say hard goodbyes and we all have to grow up someday.

In most kids book based movies, given how short the book is, to fill out the runtime subplots, filler, and things must be made up and thrown in. That is where most of the hit or miss in kids book based movies come from. Often times said subplots and filler is completely out of place and has nothing to do with and wouldn't make sense in the source material.

However, this movie actually did it right. They made the boy's life believable in a way that fit the message, tone, and plot of the original story. They expanded the book's universe as opposed to rewriting it and that is what made this movie great.

The animated segments are also truly applause worthy as well. They used beautiful 2d animation as opposed to awful cgi which is such a pleasant surprise.

Overall, this is truly a book based kids movie done right, it's a movie that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of the book because it truly did the book justice by keeping the message intact and expanding the universe rather than rewriting it.