the very definition of fun for all the family, coupling visual spectacle and guileless action set pieces with a strand of wry, occasionally subversive humour
marmaladen with gloriously silly jokes, pitch-perfect performances and incidental detail, this is a warm, witty and wondrously inventive great big bear-hug of a movie
if the film seems head-and-shoulders above the average effects-driven family-matinee flick, it's because it never gives the impression that it's trying to be anything more (or less) than good-natured and fun to watch
by Chris Hewitt [Empire Online ]
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
by Barbara VanDenburgh [Arizona Republic ]
