After "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," I was really anticipating this one from Selznick. 
 In some senses, he delivered. The illustrations were lovely, as usual. The convergence of the two story lines? Also charming. 
 But I didn't feel that this one was quite so tightly knit as Hugo. Something about the story didn't mesh as tightly or as sweetly together as his first attempt into this style. 
 It was still wonderful. Just fell a little short of the first one. Can't really say how...just not quite as magical.