I always enjoyed the films from the CFF.... and rewatching them now I still enjoy them.... this title is no different... the adult actors in these were always well known and some, like in this instance, had been in big Hollywood blockbusters as well as successful UK films and TV shows....
There was never a suggestion of these films being patronising or cheap, so to speak, indeed young people were also involved behind the cameras as well as in front of them and there were plenty of those youngsters who went on to have successful and respected careers in film and TV making ....
It would be very dismissive to say that this film was simply a film for children as with so many of these CFF films this film is comparable to films made for and by adults so I would recommend watching this no matter your age.... One could even argue that the quality of these CFF films were better than those comparable 'adult audience' films and especially many of those so called quota quickies that were prevalent around this time....