Valentin

Whether you ease into the languid and semi-treacly flow of this big-hearted Argentinean import or instead scoff at the child's-eye platitudes contained within will have much to do with your tolerance of preposterously cute moppets in dire straits.

Sporting thick, black-rimmed glasses, a runaway imagination and enough nervous energy to light up Manhattan, Noya turns what could have been a pitiful character into a rambunctious imp.

The winsome child/unappreciative adults memoir is almost a genre unto itself. But this version is particularly well-cast and well-told.

Coming-of-age family drama has mature themes, cursing.