Absolutely charming!

I had originally seen the 1994 version of this film, made by Don Bluth and hated it to death. So corny, stupid and depressing, I had never wanted anything to do with this fairy tale again. That is, until my children came home from the library with a copy of this version, they asked me to watch it with them and I did. I loved every minute of it! It was so colorful and tastefully musical! No whiny characters or depressing scenes! This version was a huge improvement over the other one, even though this own was released three years before!