Here's the thing: critics loved this movie. It's got imagination, a cool heroine, and genuine creativity. But that 54% audience score? That's the real story.

This is a deeply French film—quirky pacing, slapstick humor that doesn't quite land for American sensibilities, and CGI that looked iffy even in 2010. Kids raised on Marvel and Pixar are going to find this slow, weird, and visually unimpressive. The pterodactyl scenes that should be thrilling feel more like 'wait, what's happening?'

If you have a kid who genuinely loves offbeat cinema, appreciates strong female characters, and doesn't mind something that feels like a comic book from another country (because it literally is), this could work. But for most families? It's going to be a 'we turned it off after 30 minutes' situation.

The WISE fundamentals are solid—safe, reasonably wholesome, imaginative premise. But watchability for modern kids? That's where it falls apart. This is the kind of movie that sounds great when you read about it but doesn't deliver the entertainment kids actually want in 2025.