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70
Viewer score based on 69 votes.

Critic Score

53
Critics' score based on 12 reviews.
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Ok, so it wasn\'t ratatouille, but it was an ejoyable film. I liked it. I never read the book, and only watched it because of Emma Watson voicing the princess, but I found myself liking it a lot. P... ersonally, I think the reviews are a little unfair about this movie (I mean, it\'s not an Oscar-contending movie, it\'s just a cartoon), but whatever. Full Review

April 15, 2011
eyeh8twilight

What a great movie! I went to see this on a "free movie" morning at the Regal Cinema, and I thought it was great! It was first class all of the way, and what a great story!

August 6, 2009
Jdlewis95

I am tired of all the subliminal messages I am finding in kids movies, the middle easterners playing the bad rats, saying Soup Day is more important than Christmas, what is going on around here?!?! ... How come they didn't say Soup Day is more important than Hannukah or Kwanza? The editing was bad. The only thing holding this movie is imagary, nice graphics etc. Sigourney Weaver's voice was drabby as a narrator. We wasted $40 on nothing! Another Madoff scam! Full Review

January 3, 2009
LorenaCA

Even though I read the "eh" reviews about this movie, my teenage daughter and I went to go see it anyway. It really was a waste of time. I like animated movies, and this one just didn't do it for me... . I found the animation to be distracting and weird, and the mouths didn't move in time with the words, like a dubbed Japanese flick. I don't remember laughing once. It was just basically boring. I didn't feel anything for the characters, and it seemed to go on longer than it had to. Very disappointing. Full Review

January 2, 2009
roseannefuriga

Gorgeous book turned into a DREADFUL movie. Not sure how you could have screwed that one up. So excruciating to sit through.

January 2, 2009
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Critic Reviews

It is a joy to look at frame by frame, and it would be worth getting the Blu-ray to do that. I am not quite so thrilled by the story, which at times threatens to make "Gormenghast" seem straightforward.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

A skillfully managed fairy tale about a mouse, a rat, and fairy tales in general.Full Review

Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

May not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class.Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle

A rare creature, not only for the handmade look and subtlety of its computer-generated imagery but also for its irony-free embrace of once-upon-a-time storytelling.Full Review

Sheri Linden
Los Angeles Times

A pleasantly immersive, beautifully animated, occasionally sleepy tale.Full Review

Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
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