The story is pretty much all Toad's motor-car misadventures; you'll find no mention of Rat's "Wayfarers All" reverie, the fieldmice's Christmas at Mole End, or the baby-otter search that leads Mole and Rat to the ineffable revelation of "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (one of the high points in all of English literature). Instead there's a protracted battle on the train, 007-style, and an interminable sequence at the end when our heroes are menaced with the weasels' dog-food grinder. Grahame wrote a children's book about animals that's smart enough for adults; this version barely seems smart enough for children. It'll please Python fans, but admirers of the original and other adults should tread warily.