- TV
- 02:37 PM, Dec 12
was but seldom inspired to peals of true laughterby A.O. Scott [NY Times ]
those movies that falls between complete disaster and loads of funby Betsy Sharkey [LA Times ]
the story is simple enough for a toddler to followby Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
presented in superfluous 3-D on many screens
mostly, it's a vehicle for Jack Black's zany humor
more gimmicky than a crackling good yarnby Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]
kids will enjoy the rock 'em, sock 'em
it's cartoonish in the way of a bad action movieby Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]
it's a poor adaptation but that its entertainment value is almost nonexistent
it simply throws us back to fairy-tale movies of the '50s and '60s
it all feels so lazy and familiar
isn't all filler. Even though it sometimes seems that way
entirely Lilliputian in ambition, even for a children's movieReview rate : C- by Keith Staskiewicz [Entertainment Weekly ]
concerning only a shipwrecked sailor and some tiny, cutely bellicose natives
an obvious hit with kids
a fair amount of off-color humorby Peter Debruge [Variety ]