Watching in 2021, it's fairly dull and formulaic stuff.

Clearly a film of its time; there's not much to see here that hasn't been done already.

Overly stuffed but full of heart.

It's a film that needs to be made (if only for the powerful and underrepresented messsage), but it ultimately falls short at the final anticlimactic hurdle, leaving a somewhat underwhelming final product.