I'm going easy on this because I watched it as a kid and it left no impression on me. I guess I was slightly pissed at my parents that we couldn't afford a McDonalds in our home, but I came around to communism eventually. ("What if there was a McDonalds in everybody's home and we all worked there?") That said, the satire dials are all off on this. This thing is like 3% satirical about the obscenely wealthy. Just enough to let you know that the filmmakers aren't militant monarchists while having no impact whatsoever on the story. Not gonna cut it. It should've either been 100% (scathing and borderline unwatchable Buñel style social satire where Richie's father sells him to poachers for a nickel) or 0% (triumphant Alan Silvestri score plays as Richie has his guards kill the other children for gawking at him, film is only available in 2025 as part of an Indicator box set.)