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Genre :

Animation, Adventure

Release Date :

July 28, 2006

Director :

John A. Davis

Starring :

Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Alan Cumming, Regina King, Ricardo Montalban, Cheri Oteri, Lily Tomlin, Tyler James Williams

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

4 of 5

“..thoroughly engaging..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
1 of 5

“..the most unoriginal, most predictable, and most patronising animated film this year..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..feels anonymously generic and charmlessly mechanical..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
Review rate : B+

“..an effortlessly clever animated confection..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4

“..a winning, summertime diversion..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3 of 5

“..a film with first-rate animation, dizzying action sequences, and masses of imagination, but no real heart..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Michael Janusonis [The Providence Journal]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Chris Kaltenbach [The Baltimore Sun]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
Reviewed by Justin Chang [Variety]
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Los Angeles Times]

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not bad. good cast.

posted by rdog on Oct 17, 2009
 
 

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