There are no real scares here but there's still a sense of adventure and the villains are suitably mean.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are no real scares here but there's still a sense of adventure and the villains are suitably mean.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When Allen foregoes his crutches, any kind of movie seems possible.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

When Allen foregoes his crutches, any kind of movie seems possible.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Like the baseball diamond that features so prominently in his film, we all know which base will be dutifully tapped next and that a home-run for the characters is inevitable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the baseball diamond that features so prominently in his film, we all know which base will be dutifully tapped next and that a home-run for the characters is inevitable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With their Day-Glo colours, singing and attitude to hugging, this is probably one of the few animations that will simultaneously appeal to the very young, any parents nostalgic for rave culture and grandparents who tuned in and dropped out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With their Day-Glo colours, singing and attitude to hugging, this is probably one of the few animations that will simultaneously appeal to the very young, any parents nostalgic for rave culture and grandparents who tuned in and dropped out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script, like Shrek, is flabby and going to seed.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The script, like Shrek, is flabby and going to seed.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Natural talent cannot entirely make up for lack of training and experience.

~ Chris -

Natural talent cannot entirely make up for lack of training and experience.

~ Chris -

Myers may be wearing strange clothes, he may have a comedy beard, and he may make jokes about flatulence and groinal injury at every opportunity, but that's about the limit of his range.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Myers may be wearing strange clothes, he may have a comedy beard, and he may make jokes about flatulence and groinal injury at every opportunity, but that's about the limit of his range.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

~ Richard Mowe -

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

~ Richard Mowe -

A shallow, stagnant film that whiffs of plagiarism.

~ Donald Munro -

A shallow, stagnant film that whiffs of plagiarism.

~ Donald Munro -

It's the sort of film that couples should enjoy equally; there's serious eye candy whatever your preference, and the film's energy and good humour is infectious.

~ David Graham -

It's the sort of film that couples should enjoy equally; there's serious eye candy whatever your preference, and the film's energy and good humour is infectious.

~ David Graham -

The surprise here is Cool J, who puts in perhaps his best performance to date.

~ Steve Harwood -

The surprise here is Cool J, who puts in perhaps his best performance to date.

~ Steve Harwood -

On the one hand, Rae's feelings of lust are presented as unhealthy and a product of abuse; on the other, the audience is encouraged to lust over her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

On the one hand, Rae's feelings of lust are presented as unhealthy and a product of abuse; on the other, the audience is encouraged to lust over her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cassavetes could easily have made all this into a dead serious finger-wagging morality tale of wasted youth. Fortunately, he realises the potential for jet-black comedy.

~ Jeff Robson -

Cassavetes could easily have made all this into a dead serious finger-wagging morality tale of wasted youth. Fortunately, he realises the potential for jet-black comedy.

~ Jeff Robson -