A wonderful kid's movie that parents should enjoy too. The two main child actors were perfect. A great story with laughter and sadness, but mainly laughter.

Candice Phee is an outspoken 13 year old who gets ridiculed by the rest of the class especially mean girl Jen Marshall. Despite her aggressive happiness, her home life is dysfunctional. Her mother is depressed after the death of Candice's baby sister three years earlier. Her father is angry at his rich brother whom he believes to have stolen his great idea. New kid Douglas Benson believes that he's from another dimension and falls for Candice right away. Their wonky-eyed teacher assigns the class project Life as an Alphabet.

This is cute. I don't recognize any of the actors although Emma Booth seems familiar. The kids are newcomers. Daisy Axon has the eagerness even if she's unpolished. The acting is generally fine with good sincerity. The story is a little over-stuffed. It seems every character has a story in this movie. This is cute, sweet, and sincere. The filmmaking is good. With so many things going on, the emotional arc gets a bit muddled but the sweetness is never far away. That has a lot to do with little Daisy.

And an alternative way to h for heaven, than have a look at this one. its definately the best australian film ive ever seen, its so full of smile, hope , happiness and a whole lot of grief and dispair.

what amazes me most is the performance of Daisy Axon, the main character actress, shes among the best in her class,. if you hate aussie movies, i will recommend a watch just to see ms.axon doing hre job at the very very best of excellence and adolescent film art., especially one scene where she cries out her frustrations and agony with natural tears made both me , the grumpy old man and his wife gawp at eachother, shes a supertalent and shall be pusuited in the years to come. it would be a shame to forget wesley patton on the mention list, hes darn sharp in his acting and make his counterpart shine even more.

if your in for high quality production , i shall mention screenplay, use of locations and an excellent filmography. the score has to be good and empasising when i award a 10 star, and my gawd was it good. the direction and editing along with clever sound effects and a whole lot of humour makes this a bullseye watch for all and everyone. if i shall try to compare with other films, just to tell wich of my emotional string it played on, its forrest gump and road to terabithia.

a major recommend to all of you that like to reminisate and fondle good memories from the childhood, then ''H is for happiness'' is the choice