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Genre :

Animation, Comedy

Release Date :

August 04, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Steve Oedekerk

Starring :

Courteney Cox Arquette, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Kevin James, Andie MacDowell, Wanda Sykes, David Koechner

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

1.5 of 4

“..stretches out its one-note premise impossibly thin..”
by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4

“..pretty disappointing..”
by Cathy Jakicic [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1.5 of 4

“..Predictable and poorly paced..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3 of 4

“..one of the few with a conceit that bears developing and a point worth emphasizing..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
1 of 5

“..loud, predictable, and almost completely free of laughs..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
Review rate : C-

“..it's uninspired, not much to look at and laugh-free..”
by Chris Kaltenbach [The Baltimore Sun]
1.5 of 4

“..is nothing so much as ``The Lion King" chewed in a cud and digitally regurgitated..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3 of 4

“..a better-than-average animated feature..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly]
Reviewed by Joe Leydon [Variety]
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Reviewed by Randy Cordova [The Arizona Republic]

Reader's Reviews


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Was a very good movie. Captured my heart by the throat.

posted by Chanceler on Aug 04, 2006

i loved the film, a very good film for kids!

posted by k.rob on May 31, 2007

could've been better.

posted by rdog on Oct 17, 2009
 
 

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