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I did give this as a gift to one of my friends once. He later told me that it scared his kids. Rather than feeling comfortable about being different, they became afraid that, if they appeared different in the slightest way, their peers would tease them without mercy.
So I don't know. On the one hand, "The Point" speaks the truth. But it is unrelenting in its message, so it may actually discourage kids from being themselves. At best, it allows kids who are so different that they cannot possibly hide it a place where they can wallow in self-pity.
It may be better to have a kid watch Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast," where the different person is not the protagonist.
Other than that, this is a great list. Its incredible how many of those films my own parents showed me growing up. Another one I'd throw in on the old movie list is "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
