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The movie was a little bit childish, but still a great movie. It's good for all ages in this movie. I really love the animation, humor everything!!

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Posted sep 18, 2009 11:12 pm pt

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This is a good movie, I love the film graphics, its cell shader effect is perfect. I love this film, watching it brings me back to the time when i was a kid, when i feeling lost and lonely, The songs Upside down is just what I need. Thank you all,...
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This is a good movie, I love the film graphics, its cell shader effect is perfect. I love this film, watching it brings me back to the time when i was a kid, when i feeling lost and lonely, The songs Upside down is just what I need. Thank you all, the crew, Jack Johnson, George, everybody.

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Posted feb 7, 2008 12:56 am pt

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this movie is for kids...plain and simple. how does the man in the yellow hat fly over the city? balloons. and how does the rocket take off? cuz a curious monkey hits one button. on a good note though, way better than i expected and it sends...
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this movie is for kids...plain and simple. how does the man in the yellow hat fly over the city? balloons. and how does the rocket take off? cuz a curious monkey hits one button. on a good note though, way better than i expected and it sends wilbur to the smokehouse. sorry charlotte :(

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Posted apr 10, 2007 8:48 pm pt

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This was better than I thought it would be. Especially since I can't stand the original Curious George. Well done with lots of vivid color.

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Posted mar 15, 2007 9:24 am pt

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It was an ok type animation movie. I felt bored in the middle, but the end was nice. It had a few laughs. Its good to rent it first rather than watching it in theatres!

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Posted mar 6, 2007 4:46 pm pt

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I wouldn't put this on my favorite top movies. Maybe I am just getting older.

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Posted mar 5, 2007 11:51 am pt

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Really nothing special. I did not like it very much, it was strange and to be honest I did not quite follow the storyline, probably is because I am growing up more, but I did not find the movie amusing in any angle I could find. I think that it...
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Really nothing special. I did not like it very much, it was strange and to be honest I did not quite follow the storyline, probably is because I am growing up more, but I did not find the movie amusing in any angle I could find. I think that it was very strange, and though it had a great cast it was nothing special.

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Posted mar 3, 2007 1:34 am pt

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Oh my gosh! My school is sooo cheap we had to watch this movie instead of the Pink Panther! It's good on DVD but I don't think as a movie you want to wait in line for is something you want to do for a toddlers' movie! This is one of the worst...
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Oh my gosh! My school is sooo cheap we had to watch this movie instead of the Pink Panther! It's good on DVD but I don't think as a movie you want to wait in line for is something you want to do for a toddlers' movie! This is one of the worst movies for a theater but it's better for DVD. So buy it for DVD not watch it in theaters.

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Posted mar 1, 2007 4:41 pm pt

• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  91
  What a rare pleasure to see a classic book adapted for the screen and walk out feeling neither bored, offended nor outraged.

  by Rebekah Denn | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  88
  Songwriter Jack Johnson's collection of laid-back, sunshine pop tunes unobtrusively support the sweet and surprisingly touching story line, rather than the other way around.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  With top-drawer voice talent including Joan Plowright and Dick Van Dyke, original songs by Jack Johnson, and old-fashioned two-dimensional animation that echoes the simple colors and shapes of the books, Curious George is an unexpected delight.

  by Lawrence Van Gelder | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  75
  George is cute, and the simple story has its entertaining moments.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  Is this movie for the whole family to attend? No, it is a movie for small children and their parents or adult guardians, who will take them because they love them very much.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  Because almost all animated films now are computer generated, the 2-D animated Curious George has the not-unpleasant patina of an antique.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  The film has a little too much of the "new adventures" feel, but it's still fun.

  by Peter Hartlaub | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  75
  Some adults may find the film unbearably simplistic, or its pace burdensomely slow. But it would be a shame if movie audiences have become so hyper-adrenalized that they can't appreciate a charmer like Curious George.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
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  The film has a candy-colored look that stands in well for the books' primitive appeal. And the all-star cast of vocal performers -- Will Ferrell as Yellow Hat, Dick Van Dyke as his boss, David Cross as his rival, Drew Barrymore as his sweetie -- aim squarely and appropriately at a 4-year-old audience.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  70
  Some amusing new characters are added (love the Russian doorman), and the 2-D animation, simple and serviceable after a tortured production history, is fine. But the jewel in the movie's crown is its gorgeous pastel palette, alternating with warm earth tones.

  by Ella Taylor | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  Margret and H.A. Rey's mischievous monkey makes his long-threatened leap to the big screen in Curious George, with much of the books' charm respectfully intact.

  by Michael Rechtshaffen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  70
  Turns out to be as simple, friendly, kid-appropriate and nontoxic as any major motion picmerchtainment franchise could ever hope to be.

  by Carina Chocano | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  67
  What makes Curious George such an enduring figure is that he embodies much of what's wonderful about childhood.

  by Nathan Rabin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the new cartoon of Curious George, featuring the voice of Will Ferrell as the Man in the Yellow Hat, doesn't veer all that far from the soothing tone of the books.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  It is a sweet, simple movie with a sweet, simple message: that children see the world differently and have much to teach the people who love them.

  by Marrit Ingman | Read Full Review »