has enough bright colors and slapstick humor to enchant its target audience. But anyone much taller than a Smurf may turn blue long before its 81 minutes are over
has a lot of padding for a movie less than 90 minutes long, and it never digs very deep into its characters or its themes. Still, it's always encouraging to see a children's movie that actually tries to say something to its viewers
despite the impressive lineup of voice actors, the film lacks the snappy writing of so many recent animated films like "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Moana." Young children will be entertained, but for the rest of the audience, pretty colors just aren't