It looks very nice, even if the clunky dialogue and disjointed plot would never have been allowed through by Pixar.
[The film is] not helped...by the fact that half the creatures (and gags) look borrowed from other movies, with Madagascar and Horton Hears A Who two obvious examples.
It might be just a bit too pious for its own good.
Probably great if you’re three, but quite an endurance test if you’re not.
What dooms the film to ordinariness are the animals themselves, so lacking in memorable characteristics that parents will most likely spend the 90 minutes guessing which celebrity voice artists have been busy earning themselves a nice Christmas bonus.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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