This film illustrates the point I was trying to make about "kids films". While the main character in this film is a kid this is in no way a kid's film. It has no easy morality or golden rules. It contains only the harsh realities of life. Lynne Ramsay is not one for fairy tales.
So basically it's like all the great films starring kids/for kids that I, and others have been harping on for a long time, complex, just like kids are. Except the fairy tale part, everyone has time for fairy tales, I don't want to know anyone who doesn't.