Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Critic Reviews

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The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

The hundreds of animation artists on this three-year project made enormous contributions to the final film. There is not an off-kilter moment nor awkward effect in the entire movie. Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

That it works is because of the high-energy animation, some genuinely beautiful visual concepts and a story that's a little more sensuous than we expect in animation. Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Brad Pitt and Michelle Pfeiffer? Great to look at. Astonishingly dull to listen to. Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Good but not legendary.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

The voices were chosen more for their big name appeal than for their ability to bring life to the drawings. The storyline is flat, linear, and shallow. Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Given the talent on display in Sinbad, and the winning brio it dredges out of questionable material, it's easy to wonder what Dreamworks' animation department could accomplish if it stopped following Disney's lead and started forging new paths of its own. Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

To invoke the name of another underwhelming new film, Sinbad is legally bland. Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | C.W. NeviusAdd Critic to Favorites

Predictable.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

A pleasure to look at. It's filled with fine, imaginative moves and an overarching sense of visual freedom, a feeling of play that entices us into enjoyment. But, when it comes to dialogue and story, this Sinbad apparently used up all its initiative changing its hero's ethnicity to generic Greco-Roman. Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

In its animated work, DreamWorks has repeatedly flip-flopped between the hip and the square. This time out, it's as if the company tried to apply a hip approach to a square subject, with unresolved results.Read the full review

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