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"...Mr. Carrey's ability to pentrate his character's disguise and get away with his usual mugging and clowning is technically no small accomplishment..." New York Times "...Fantastic....A hugely imaginative technical achievement....Carrey wears the costume well..." Variety "...HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS still has heart....[Carrey gives] a maniacal performance..." Box Office "...Thanks to makeup whiz Rick Baker's surprisingly flexible latex work, Carrey's patented rubbery expressions are allowed to come through unimpeded..." Hollywood Reporter40.22873

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"...Mr. Carrey's ability to pentrate his character's disguise and get away with his usual mugging and clowning is technically no small accomplishment..." New York Times "...Fantastic....A hugely imaginative technical achievement....Carrey wears the costume well..." Variety "...HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS still has heart....[Carrey gives] a maniacal performance..." Box Office "...Thanks to makeup whiz Rick Baker's surprisingly flexible latex work, Carrey's patented rubbery expressions are allowed to come through unimpeded..." Hollywood Reporter21.11559

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"Emma Thompson creates an indelible character reminiscent of the pre-Disney Mary Poppins..." New York Times "Overall, this is a fine visual experience..." Widescreen Review8.325786

"[I]t will acquaint audiences with a remarkable episode that had ramifications far beyond the basketball court....The film does a good job of showcasing just how momentous that game was..." New York Times8.295284

"BEE MOVIE is agreeably skewed fun....The images have a spangly clarity -- they make New York look new again..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "There are child-friendly puns, but it's also crammed with Seinfeld's trademark observational humour."Empire "At its heart is a sweet moral message about everyone pulling together, about doing even the smallest job to the best of your ability..."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] magnificently entertaining adventure....With a host of subtle jokes, references and cameos..."Ultimate DVD8.286362

"[A] thriller that manages to excite and unnerve....[Mr. Cooper] rouses our curiosity but never solicits our pity. It's enough that he and Mr. Ray make this monster human."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n edge-of-the-seat thriller....BREACH is a compelling, intelligent drama."USA Today "[A] true-life tale of duplicity gone secretly insane..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The director] raises the stakes to life and death, and proves himself a filmmaker of uncommon talent and ambition."Rolling Stone "BREACH absorbingly zeroes in on how the FBI nailed the most damaging turncoat in American history..."Variety "[Cooper is a] venerable character actor who inhabits the man completely."Box Office 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe are perfectly cast as the enigmatic, unlikely traitor and his secretive clerk..."Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 -- "[At the centre of it is a chilling performance from Cooper as a hunted, lonely man, staring down the barrel of his conscience."Uncut 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's worth catching for Cooper's performance, while its fact-based tale of treachery will strike a chord in today's climate of suspicion."Total Film "BREACH is an intelligent, superior entertainment....Engrossing..."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "There's good work from Laura Linney....The film will be remembered for giving Chris Cooper another top-flight role..."Empire8.285944

"The two actors are terrific. Hopkins, doing a gloss on Hannibal Lecter's mannerisms, invites us to relish that soft-voiced Welsh burr..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "FRACTURE offers an assortment of tasty treats, notably the spectacle of that crafty scene stealer Anthony Hopkins mixing it up with that equally cunning screen nibbler Ryan Gosling."New York Times "Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling go at it in this courtroom drama....It's a thrilling bout."Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With a] taut script, accomplished camerawork, lush set dressing and atmosphere....It's game-on for Gosling and Hopkins' mesmerizing double act."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "The banter between the actors is engaging and fun....The focus is on this wicked genius and this smart but less experienced kid one-upping each other."Ultimate DVD8.283651

"[The movie] shimmers and shakes in all its motion-capture animated beauty with the slyly deep sensibilities of executive producer Robert Zemeckis....How freaky, and how fun." -- Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly "MONSTER HOUSE is unpretentious, smartly written and a lot of fun." New York Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The film shines with characters who feel nothing like cartoons, spouting dialogue with more wit and realism than almost anything you'll see in live-action." Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] star lung-power...and state-of-the-art technique....A fun ride." Total Film "This is an assured, entertaining debut....MONSTER HOUSE teases us by plugging into age-old fears of being devoured."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 4 -- [W]ondrous....Filmed with a vibrant motion-capture technique akin to executive producer Robert Zemeckis's THE POLAR EXPRESS..."Premiere "An animated horrorfest -- too good for just the kiddies -- that marks a striking debut for director Gil Kenan..."Rolling Stone8.281255

"...A faster, more agile bundle of entertainment than the book..."Entertainment Weekly "...Mr. Cusack wrings contradictions out of his genial, buffoonish persona that show an actor's canniness at work....Nora Dunn gleams as an upstanding and unsteady juror..."New York Times "...The performers are pros down to Bruce McGill's credible turn as the judge..."USA Today "...How it all plays out comes as a nifty surprise, involving a series of dramatic twists..." Los Angeles Times "...Absorbing....[The] cast has a grand time with the tale's histrionic possibilities..."Variety "[P]acy, polished entertainment....Fleder has made a brisk, enjoyable popcorn movie..."Sight and Sound "[A] classy potboiler." Uncut8.280021

"The comedy in ALFIE is plentiful but bittersweet....What gives it its kick is how Alfie takes the film audience into his confidence..."New York Times "ALFIE, which stars an adorably tousled, twinkly eyed Jude Law as a British limo driver in Manhattan, is a bright gumball skittering across a marble floor."Los Angeles Times "Law's charm is as bountiful as Caine's, so there's no question that director/co-adapter Charles Shyer has chosen the right Alfie for a remake."USA Today "[Law] pulls it off superbly." Sight and Sound "[I]t's often brisk and witty." Uncut8.280021

4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] zesty, brainy chaser....A thought-provoking expos that could land Clooney an Oscar..."Total Film "Clooney can suggest depths of weary self-loathing...and his eventual hard-won redemption accordingly carries more emotional weight....Gilroy draws vivid performances from his cast..."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 4 -- "A deftly written, tautly suspenseful and intellectually demanding morality tale, it stays a step ahead of the audience and features multidimensional characters played by actors at the top of their games."USA Today "Dark in color, mood and outraged worldview, MICHAEL CLAYTON is a film that speaks to the way we live now....[The film is] adult, sincere, intelligent, absorbing..."New York Times "[A] terrifically engrossing, tethered-to-the-real-world drama....It's better than good; it's such a crackling and mature and accomplished movie that it just about restores your faith."Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he film is a triumph for George Clooney, who is at the top of his dramatic form in the title role..."Rolling Stone "[A] smart and suspenseful legal thriller that comes completely alive on-screen."Los Angeles Times "[A] solid, well-crafted, beautifully written and acted thriller....The execution is splendid and the dramatic payoff is considerable..."Film Comment 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] Tom Wilkinson as a hot-shot lawyer in spectacular meltdown. Tilda Swinton is also memorable as a conniving suit....A very grown-up thriller."Uncut 4 stars out of 5 -- "Clooney plays against his movie star persona, delivering a subtle performance....Thematically MICHAEL CLAYTON bears some comparison to THE INSIDER and, like that film, any morally satisfying pay-off is tempered by the human cost of corporate greed."Ultimate DVD "[T]he pieces coalesce into a stirring portrait of a man reclaiming his soul from a scrap heap of discarded principles."Wall Street Journal8.279182

"Gunn lovingly hacks up the whole horror-comedy genre with the giddily disgusting tale..." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly "[W]hat makes it work is how nimbly it slaloms from yucks to yuks, slip-sliding from horror to comedy and back again on its gore-slicked foundation." New York Times "SLITHER is a throwback to the playful, squishy, slightly queasy-making horror films of the 1980s..."Los Angeles Times "For those who enjoy entertaining gross-out horror flicks, SLITHER satisfies. The squeamish should probably keep their distance."USA Today "[Gunn has] raised his game with his debut as a director of features....The horror and gross-out punch lines are leavened by a dry humour." Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Gunn is] clearly having a riot, slathering SLITHER's monsters with 300 gallons of methylcellulose slime....Great fun..." Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Gunn] happily packs this horror parody with a virtual jukebox of familiar movie references." Box Office "Gunn takes a plot...and has his wicked, gory way with it. You'll love getting slimed."Rolling Stone8.274933

"The film's best moments are pure expressions of feeling....Bloom is surprisingly comfortable in the role of Drew, coming off as sweet, warm and easygoing, and easily in touch with his pit of despair."Los Angeles Times "[T]hematically consistent with director Cameron Crowe's more rewarding works." Entertainment Weekly8.266747

"Hudson's sunny, ringlet-tossing appeal fits snugly into the film's happy-homemaker ideology." Entertainment Weekly8.265675

"...Herz taps into magic by flipping the formula on its head..." Box Office "...As is fitting for the genre, production values are bright and zippy..." Hollywood Reporter "...AMERICAN WEDDING is a success..." Sight and Sound "[F]unny and, you know what? Sweet."Chicago Sun-Times "Comedy god Eugene Levy is on hand as Jim's kindly dad, while January Jones makes a fetching new addition..." Total Film8.265675

4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a straightforward, well-crafted script played out by an excellent ensemble. It's funny enough not to be soppy, but with enough heart to be touching when it counts."Empire "[A] nimble and winning little romance....It navigates the choppy waters of modern courtship with commendable, understated honesty."New York Times "[With] an interesting premise and an attractive cast..."Los Angeles Times "[With] the preternaturally talented Breslin....[A] charming look at the vicissitudes of modern romance."USA Today "[K]eep your eyes on Banks, In a performance of invigorating complexity, her Emily is a breakthrough non-neurotic beauty..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film is worth sticking with for the enchanting Breslin, some well-observed '90s detail and Kevin Kline's ripe turn as a philosophical lush."Total Film "Elizabeth Banks is better than good, Isla Fisher is better than funny, and Rachel Weisz...is a constant goddess..."Rolling Stone "[T]he comedy is briskly effective....[T]he film's real strength is its quick-witted, carefully crafted dialogue."Sight and Sound8.264674

3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he dark lensing, twitchy editing and anatomy-lesson displays of viscera give it a grim, nihilistic edge..."Total Film8.264674

3 stars out of 5 -- "[B]lunt and intimate....The jolt of JARHEAD is undeniable, and it comes when you least expect it." Rolling Stone "[A]n eye-opening experience....[Mendes] forges, perhaps, a new kind of drama: a portrait of war stripped of all glamour and design....JARHEAD is an existential docudrama: cool and funny, vivid and remote at the same time." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly "The result is rewarding....It's good to see Mendes expanding as a filmmaker."USA Today "[Q]uizzical, visually striking....JARHEAD provides some kind of reportage of a war whose consequences we haven't yet begun to understand..." Sight and Sound "[A]n exceptionally smart war movie, the more so for the relative absence of any war." Uncut 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's an image of war that lingers, a vision of Hell which Dante would recognise..." Total Film8.264674

"[With] moments of inventiveness and wit..." Ultimate DVD "[T]he kind of life lessons that usually gum up the fun go down as easily as jelly beans in THE ANT BULLY, an effortlessly clever animated confection..." Entertainment Weekly "Stirring classical music accompanies scenes of flying insects swooping in on the ants....The action should appeal to children."Sight and Sound "[T]he CGI-created earthbound universe that Lucas is dragged down into is a lively environment full of energy, excitement and cultural heritage..."Box Office "[The] details are very well resolved, with fine textures looking very realistic. Colors are vibrant and realistic..."Widescreen Review7.401111

"[T}here is wonder for us to cherish, courtesy of a spectacular visual sense....It does nicely with its quieter moments, especially in the emotional scenes that close the story."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a technical masterpiece that is made primarily for kids..."Ultimate DVD7.392004

"[S]ome of the dancing is fun..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] surprisingly effective feelgood flick." Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "Plotwise, there are a handful of nice moments that keep the audience attentive..." Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "TAKE THE LEAD plays like a feature-length music video with a heart."Ultimate DVD7.378051

"[A] triumph -- a confidently original, engrossing interpretation, with a seriously thought-through aesthetic point of view..." Entertainment Weekly "[T]his tense, effective iteration of Bob Kane's original comic book owes its power and pleasures to a director who takes his material seriously and to a star who shoulders that seriousness with ease."New York Times "Christian Bale makes the best Bruce Wayne/Batman since Warner Bros. revived the franchise in 1989."USA Today "[I]t's the flair of the set pieces that really impresses....The film delivers a pleasingly robust sense of spectacle....It is a welcome new beginning." Sight and Sound "This intimate, brooding resurrection brings the Caped Crusader back to life by sending him back to his roots." Uncut 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Lined with wry humor, the film addresses questions of corporate greed..."Rolling Stone "[B]rooding, carefully crafted, and comparatively low-tech....Mr. Bale brings true gravity and pathos to the task at hand." Film Comment Ranked #7 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "Nolan's vision of Gotham is a hellhole straight out of Hieronymus Bosch." Uncut Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "Gotham looks lived in, not art-directed, and Bale creates a hero of haunted fire." Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "Nolan's Year One reinvention of the franchise is largely about ambiance and mood....A more sober study in psychology..."Ultimate DVD7.368037

"...[Diesel is] a dynamite screen presence....[Argento] gives the role a slinking, teasing perversity..." Rolling Stone "...It's fully stocked with the requisite bond movie paraphernalia....Vin Diesel is an action star..." Box Office "...Diesel's star vehicle stands as a fast, polished and potent exercise in popular film-making..." Sight and Sound "...Diesel's star vehicle stands as a fast, polished and potent exercise in popular film-making..." Sight and Sound "...Brash, ballsy and bursting with big, blaring bangs. And that'll do for a Friday night..." Total Film "...There's no denying that the man knows how to keep things moving..." Hollywood Reporter7.364213

"[Damon] has excelled at subverting the all-American openness he projects....Here, he's the ultimate enigma machine, a man willing to erase himself for his country." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "It's a movie that perches you on the edge of your brain."Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a killer cast, with character-actor stalwarts like Alec Baldwin, William Hurt and Michael Gambon filling out its most minor roles."Total Film "[T]he story it tells -- about the early years of the CIA...is simply too compelling to dismiss..."Box Office "[De Niro] proves here that - like Clint Eastwood - he can direct a mature, questioning film without didacticism or pomp."Uncut "The period details are hypnotic, and the message is ripe for the moment."Movieline's Hollywood Life "Intelligent, cleverly written and extraordinarily well crafted and performed, THE GOOD SHEPHERD boasts a subtlety and depth you won't find in the world of Jason Bourne or James Bond."Sight and Sound 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Matt Damon is terrific....The rare long movie that's at its strongest near the end."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "De Niro's faith in the audience's intelligence is refreshing, making this rewardingly complicated viewing that is bolstered by the film's ambitious scope and lavish production values."Ultimate DVD7.362422

"The movie efficiently delivers the story points."New York Times "Powered by an excellent Kurt Russell performance, MIRACLE treats old-fashioned, emotional material with an intelligence that respects both the story and the audience."Los Angeles Times "Like SEABISCUIT, the film ends on a familiar, rousing note of triumph, which is bound to move most audiences with its message of perseverance and belief in one's dreams."USA Today "[Russell is] wonderfully compelling as a tough, taciturn, driven leader....MIRACLE has a good offensive game as an inspirational how-to about team building." Entertainment Weekly "MIRACLE succeeds solidly at its main aim: stirringly recreating one of the great sports sagas of all time." Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "Kurt Russell is very good...and it hits all the right marks to make this an exciting and heartwarming flick."Premiere7.36167

"...A polished thriller about how the images people use to construct and define themselves can be woefully deceiving..." Premiere "...[Williams provides] a snapshot of human complexity worth framing..." Entertainment Weekly "...[Williams] gives a performance that is riveting in its recessiveness and, as a consequence, is truly, deeply scary....Williams remains electrifying..." Rolling Stone "...Gripping....It's a smart piece of direction....Mr. Romanek's precision is breathtaking..." New York Times "...ONE HOUR PHOTO takes Williams to darker, more complex places that we can't turn our eyes away from..." USA Today "...Williams taps into pockets of rage and madness that make this picture electrifying..." Movieline's Hollywood Life "...Williams pulls it off. It's a complex cocktail of a character....The effective result is enough to get you squirming..." Total Film7.36167

"It's R-rated puerility for actual immature grown-ups....Bet on this: These guys did their own stunts." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly7.361228

"[A] movie experience that's undeniably agonizing -- but also unexpectedly bracing....The movie is tightly built, but Greengrass is patient, letting events unfold at the pace of reality." -- Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly "A persuasively narrated, scrupulously tasteful re-creation of the downing of the fourth and final plane hijacked by Islamist terrorists on Sept. 11..." New York Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "[The director] imagines a sea of arms reaching into the cockpit in a way that redefines heroism. Far from being exploitive, the effect is inspiring: This is the best of us." Rolling Stone "This unflinching, powerfully visceral portrait of the events aboard one of the terrorist-commandeered flights on Sept. 11, 2001, is the most gut-wrenching and captivating film this year."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "A ferocious requiem, squinting for truth through tears of rage....UNITED 93 is an eloquent tribute to their fear and fury." Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n emotional mosaic so forceful, so credible, that viewers will feel as though they are watching the fateful day unfolding, once again, before their very eyes." Box Office "Greengrass treats his subject matter with serious-minded sensitivity....UNITED 93 terrifyingly conveys the nature of the threat facing the world today and poignantly conveys onscreen the decision by a few brave individuals to fight back." Sight and Sound 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s riveting as it is morally confounding....The movie eschews facile judgments and false heroism..."Premiere "[A] realistic piece, and the impact is shattering beyond anything American movies have offered up this year, or last."Movieline's Hollywood Life 5 stars out of 5 -- "Greengrass's picture unfolds with grim authenticity....Sobering, enlightening, important."Ultimate DVD Ranked #6 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006" -- "The gifted director Paul Greengrass has crafted a humane tribute to the power of resistance."Rolling Stone Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "In its scary and lacerating way, a revelation..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #8 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment "[A] meticulously if not agonizingly scrupulous film..."Film Comment7.35871

"THE CONSTANT GARDENER, a thriller with something on its mind, confirms the talents of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles..." Movieline's Hollywood Life "[T]he ever-extraordinary Fiennes is the most quietly outstanding of the lot, miraculously showing us how his character literally ages with grief." Premiere "[Meirelles] brightens the author's wide, dark field with rich color....The movie is smart, serious, and adult about something that matters..." Entertainment Weekly "Meirelles emerges with one of the year's best and most provocative movies. Long after it's over, you still feel its sting." Rolling Stone "[U]nusually satisfying....Mr. Meirelle's film actually bothers to say something about global politics....This is a supremely well-executed piece of popular entertainment that is likely to linger in your mind and may even trouble your conscience." New York Times "THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a masterwork of suspense, romance and political intrigue. It is a taut and gripping thriller that dazzles the eyes and engages the brain in a way that few recent films have come close to approaching."USA Today "THE CONSTANT GARDENER is as much an incisive post-mortem of a relationship as it is a politically charged procedural." Sight and Sound Ranked #17 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "[T]his is an engrossing, intelligent film." Uncut "Movies that try to juggle a message of political or social significance with a love story often can't manage either, so the makers of this thriller deserve extra plaudits for their tender and intelligent handling of both." Premiere7.356582

"...As snappy and well reinforced as Santa's pajamas..." Entertainment Weekly "...For a kids' movie, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 is unusually sensitive to the varied nature of family life today..." Sight and Sound "...[Allen] projects a warm, fatherly charisma..." Variety7.354899

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"...The script contains an arresting mixture of uproarious, tender, and bitingly abrasive moments....This is a captivating film; superlative writing and acting make it soar..." Movieline's Hollywood Life "...A pleasurable experience..." Sight and Sound "...Thanks to the excellently adapted script, we are shown a group of characters with real emotional depth....The Weitzes have directed the film with great ability..." Hollywood Reporter "...[The directors] handle the sentimentality of the story with a light, sweet touch....You succumb to the movie's warmth and bonhomie..." New York Times "...ABOUT A BOY is that rare film that's as clever and moving as the book on which it was based....It's a well-written, witty film whose memorable characters grapple with the nature of family, love, friendship and despair..."USA Today "...[The directors] deliver a punchy, smirking script, laced with irreverence. Just as importantly, there's real chemistry between Grant and his young co-star..."Total Film "...Hugh Grant has grown up, holding on to his lightness and witty cynicism....Grant draws on, and deepens, his enjoyable performance as the seducer boss in Bridget Jones' Diary..." Entertainment Weekly "...Hugh Grant, who has a good line in charm, has never been more charming than in ABOUT A BOY....A comedy of confidence and grace..." Chicago Sun-Times "This is better than feelgood movie, it's a feelgreat movie -- affecting when you least expect it and funny from start to finish."Wall Street Journal7.35122

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"...Witty and touching....Joan Cusack is pinpoint funny..." Entertainment Weekly "...Hail! Hail! Jack Black: He's the clown king of rock & roll....Enroll in his class and you won't stop laughing..." Rolling Stone "...A very funny for-kids-of-all-ages delight that should catapult Mr. Black straight to the top of the A-list of Hollywood funnymen..." New York Times "...ROCK takes a clever premise and Black's unflagging manic energy and comes up with a pleasing mainstream comedy..." Los Angeles Times "...The whole show is basically Black's....He really can riff and shriek like every bedroom Led Zep fantasist dreams of doing..." Variety "Jack Black is a living, breathing, sweating advertisement for the transformative power of rock 'n' roll..." Chicago Sun-Times "[A] joyous farce....The star is Jack Black, whose anarchic musician is a monster of antic id..."Wall Street Journal7.349868

"[T]he affable Mr. Johnson is committed to every moment....[W]ith some lively sequences, including an endearing montage that cuts between ballet and football practice..."New York Times "With the bulk of the humour rooted in slapstick, Johnson proves an adept physical comedian..."Sight and Sound7.348867

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3 star out of 5 -- "With so many likeable, imitable characters playing into every forest creature clich you could think of, kids will have no trouble picking their favorites and reciting their lines....Fun and exciting to watch." Box Office "The vividly animated film -- based on a comic strip by Michael Fry and T. Lewis -- has an appealing balance of comic bits and exhilarating action sequences..."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he hyper-real compu-visuals are gorgeous....Any 'tooner stands or falls on its characters, and here they're an endearing, cheering bunch, larnyxed with aplomb." Total Film "[T]he lively, solid storytelling should please viewers who hanker for old-fashioned family or even children's fare." Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 4 -- "[Hammy is] one of the funniest new stars out there and the best reason to watch this movie." Premiere7.348867

"[B]oth heartfelt and dignified. Matthew McConaughey is the most valuable asset here..."Box Office7.348867