This is a wonderful movie. We watch it every Thanksgiving. It is a great prequel. This feels so much more accurate than any other version I have seen. The characters are well written and although the main actors are a bit young and green, they are playing iconic characters who are at this point still young and green. There is a lot of emotional and cultural reality to the script. If you want your preteens to be inspired, this will do the trick! But us oldsters can really enjoy it too! I find the story moving every time I watch it. And when William Telk's Overture plays at the end I get goose bumps.