Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative.. It's clever enough to amuse adults, yet sufficiently kid-friendly to delight tykes with diminutive attention spans.. ... ranks up there in the highest class of animated features.. Real Ice Ages were no jokes. They lasted about 100,000 years and froze most life on the planet. But as long as Leguizamo's Sid and Wedge's Scrat are on screen, this one warms you with laughter.. Family entertainment at its most bright-eye...
Hop (2011) Spille Film
Much of this comes across as a labor of love, with a classy cast frolicking in Iain Softley's whimsical direction of a lushly imagined adaptation by David Lindsay-Abaire.. Inkheart illustrates an obvious problem with making a movie about the joys of reading when the movie made is labored and sludgy looking: Why bother seeing it if you can stay home and read a book instead?. Hop is just too shrill, slick and sickly sweet for anybody's good. Watching it won't rot your teeth, but it could leave an ...
Spirit: Hingsten fra Cimarron (2002) Online Streaming
As animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool, this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth.. There's nothing thrilling or new about the work here, but accomplished it is.. There's not much of a story, the whole thing's a bit superficial, and there's little to laugh at, but it's still a refreshing change from the norm.. A cartoon that's truly cinematic in scope, and a story that's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big, four-legged h...
Monster Huset (2006) Online Streaming
The movie treats children with respect. Monster's pre-teens are sarcastic, think they're smarter than their parents and are going crazy over the opposite sex.. The difference between Monster House and most other animated movies is a little thing called story. It actually has one, and doesn't just trot out cheeky characters spewing gratuitous pop-culture references.. An enjoyable ride on a dark but not-quite-scary-enough-to-make-you-scream roller coaster, told in elegant motion-capture animation....
Det vilde dusin (2003) Se Streaming
It's not just a feel-good holiday movie, though audiences, especially youngsters, will certainly walk out of it feeling good.. From playful mugging to tender affection, Martin exudes a strong star persona, and he and Hunt share romantic warmth despite a dearth of alone time.. You don't so much watch this witless, charmless, pointless fiasco as sit hostage, waiting for it to end.. Martin and Hunt give the production a mellow warmth. And Levy has cast an appealingly diverse bunch of kids to play t...
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) Se Fuld Film
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian seems to go on for several days and nights, though in fact it lasts just 105 minutes. I checked my watch. A lot.. The movie could be studied as an encyclopedia of sight gags, most of which are well executed, if not entirely original (which won't matter to small-fry viewers).. It's a collection of some of the most interesting figures throughout history and some of the most talented performers we have working today.. Offers giant rocks clearly made of...
Stardust (2007) Spille Streaming
Everybody has a lot of fun here.. No, Stardust isn't a children's movie. It's a movie for anyone, of any age, who believes in magic -- or wishes they did.. With its deft handling of teen yearning and affection, Half-Blood Prince maneuvers mysteries of heart and hankering that resound in worlds magic and Muggle.. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth and worst installment yet, is two and a half hours of paralyzing tedium, featuring another colossal waste of British talent and a plot a...