Arthur and the Invisibles Critic Reviews

"The Professional's" Luc Besson has made a fair share of artfully bad movies. Arthur and the Invisibles -- half-live-action, half-CG kid's adventure -- is (by a hair) more bad-bad, like "The Fifth Element," than good-bad, like "The Big Blue."Read the full review

None of the characters are compelling, despite the star-studded vocal cast behind them, including Madonna, Robert De Niro, Snoop Dogg and Jimmy Fallon. Our attitude toward them is casual interest, not anxious concern.Read the full review

The result isn't an unpalatable pudding but rather a fair-to-middling children's film that is half CG-animation and half live-action.Read the full review

Watching Arthur and the Invisibles is like sticking your head in a Gallic pinball machine: It's hectic, technically impressive, and your skull starts to pound after a while.Read the full review

It's a film for kids who want to know what headaches feel like.Read the full review

Director Luc Besson, best known for "La Femme Nikita" and "The Fifth Element," admits he knew nothing about animation before he started this project, and it shows.Read the full review

The computer-generated world is visually rich, but short on the droll humor that makes good children's films bearable for adults.Read the full review

Besson is a pro when it comes to action movies, but this part live, part animation effort is a mess, highlighted by creepy animation, derivative plot points and a child star who speaks way too fast.Read the full review