Astro Boy Critic Reviews

The movie contains less of its interesting story and more action and battle scenes than I would have preferred.Read the full review

A marvelously designed piece of cartoon kinetics.Read the full review

Astro Boy alternately soars and sputters through a story line that’s not quite sure who it’s aimed at.Read the full review

Appropriately for a film about robots, efficiency is the primary virtue of Astro Boy, a well-oiled CG-animated superhero pic that makes up in competence and vitality what it lacks in originality.Read the full review

Derivative bits aside, the pint-sized Japanese icon takes flight in vibrant CG animation -- no 3D glasses required.Read the full review

Plays like "Transformers" for tots, a "Pinocchio" story that stays true to its source material's storied past without adding much in the way of interest, outside of some clankingly obvious political subtext that will alienate people of all stripes.Read the full review

Though some scenes may be too intense for children, the action is slick, with robot clashes and airborne chases leaving the strongest impression.Read the full review

Purists should have a field day enumerating the differences between the original "Astro Boy" and this high-gloss reimagining. Someone has to.Read the full review

And so he zips and zags, keeping aloft in a movie that can’t always do the same.Read the full review