| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...the summer has finally coughed up a truly imaginative animated feature." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...has a great time playing with ideas of scope and perspective..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker |
"...continues to add a solid new chapter to the annals of computer-generated animation..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...lacks a sharp look and satisfyingly fleshed-out story..." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...every member of your colony will feel satisfied." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...an effortlessly clever animated confection..." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"It just never managed to fly." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...feels anonymously generic and charmlessly mechanical." more... |
C |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Needless to say, I was rooting for the exterminator in this case." more... |
C+ |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...provides a few moments of inventiveness and wit." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an insult to anyone with more than a second-grade education." more... |
C+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"Kids will be hooked..." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...a high concept picture with imagination, a solid sense of storytelling..." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...while not wildly fresh or inventive, is entertaining and energetic." more... |
B- |
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