the animation - stuck as it is with the original crude character design - is rarely more than ugly. The attempts to provide a positive, Disney-style message never take flight
the 3-D animated film delivers a mildly diverting mix of winky meta-jokes and moral lessons, cannily aimed at both the next generation of tiny consumers and their more sophisticated parents
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
by Stephen Whitty [NY Daily News ]
