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San Francisco Examiner (Mia Addiego)
Venturing far from cozy television domesticity, Nickelodeon's popular Rugrats are swept up in a quirky deep-in-the-dark- woods adventure in their first big- screen outing, ``The Rugrats Movie.''
It's a fun-filled oddity among G- rated animated movies. ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Mia Addiego)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
When the movie starts, everybody is waiting for the new baby. But when the baby comes, it's not what they expected. The baby cries a lot. The Rugrats start off taking Tommy's brother back to the hospital, and get lost in the woods. I think the movie is ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Kids will love The Rugrats Movie, but unlike the other cartoons currently in theaters, its charm may be limited to devoted fans and the under 10 crowd. ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Yes, your favorite characters from the small screen Nickelodeon cartoon look bigger than life on the movie screen. The story opens with an imaginary Indiana Jones-style adventure with Tommy, Chucky, Phil and Lil with the little tots about to be run over ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Television's most popular children's show successfully toddles to the big screen, offering all the sass and cuteness thatRugratsfans expect -- and more.Parents of Rugrat-loving children know what moviethey'llbe seeing over the ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
ShowBIZ Data
Hoping to get a slight jump on the Disney film, Viacom's The Rugrats Movie opens today to mostly poor-to-so-so reviews. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun Times compares it with the two insect movies. Unlike both of them, he says, "the movie makes little ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at ShowBIZ Data
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
I was always a fan of "The Rugrats" on Nickelodeon when I was younger, but when this feature film came out late last year, I didn't see it. Although I always liked the concept of a cartoon about the lives of babies from their perspective, I felt I'd ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
kids-in-mind
Movie version of the popular Nickelodeon animated show: One-year-old Tommy, with his friends Chuckie, Phil and Lil and his older cousin Angelica, get lost in a forest while trying to retrieve Tommy's newborn brother Dil. With the voices of Elizabeth ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at kids-in-mind
Michael Dequina
November not only marks the unofficial start of the holiday season, it also signals the arrival of the first of a flock of films fashioned for families. Leading the opening wave are two films coming from less-than-distinguished cinematic pedigrees: a ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Michael Dequina
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Margaret A. McGurk)
Such is the thinking behind The Rugrats Movie, the first effort to translate Nickelodeonâs popular cable cartoon show into a big-screen experience.
The result is a happy blend of smart-aleck humor and wacky adventure.
The story deals with the ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at The Cincinnati Enquirer (Margaret A. McGurk)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
"The Rugrats Movie" is a whole lot like the "Rugrats" animated TV show: Younger children are bound to like it, and many adults may find it to be an acquired taste.
And though it might sound unfair, this cute but slightly overlong cartoon could ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Quentin Kendora
The story picks off where "The Family Tree" left us. It begins with a sharplooking Indiana Jones spoof, putting our main man Tommy Pickles in his shoes ready to snatch a prized possesion. Funny how imagination goes with these kids, as the huge rolling ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Quentin Kendora
Edward Johnson-Ott
I've been a fan of "Rugrats," the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series, for a long time. Tommy (voiced by E.G. Daily) is the plucky leader of the precocious toddlers, accompanied by his best friend, the timid, but loyal, Chuckie (Christine Cavanaugh). Earthy ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
For Nickelodeon Studios animation division's first foray into the big screen, they have wisely chosen their most popular 'toon: the delightful Rugrats. I have secretly been a fan of this show since it came on; its portrayal of how babies see the world ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
"The Rugrats Movie" arrives just in time for the holidays to delight fans of the wildly popular Nickelodeon TV series featuring the adventures of the world's most precocious babies. They're actually perfectly normal kids; it's just that they speak and ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
One-year-old Tommy Pickles (voice of E.G. DAILY) is an adventurous little kid who's not too happy about the arrival of his little brother, Dylan (voice of TARA CHARENDOFF) a.k.a. Dil Pickles, who can't stop crying and has seemingly taken up every last ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Troy Lambert)
Ok, I have a confession, I actually look forward to taking in movies with my five-year-old daughter. I know, I know, but I can't help it. Anyway, we actually saw Rugrats: The Movie in the theaters and couldn't wait until it came out on DVD.
Rugrats: ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Troy Lambert)
Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
A bunch of toddlers with advanced intelligence and gigantic heads which I am assuming hold brains of epic proportions (although unable to comprehend proper pronunciation of words if the mispronounced words are able to gather even the mildest of laughter) ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
THE RUGRATS MOVIE is cute for about an hour. The television cartoon-based feature-film has Some surprisingly sophisticated humor that caught me by surprise, as did an early musical number that culminates in synchronized urine streams of all things! With ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
James Sanford
It's every parent's nightmare. Your child kidnaps your newborn and disappears into the woods on a stormy night with his friends. Then the media descends on your home, anxious for all the details. That situation is played for laughs in "The Rugrats ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at James Sanford
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Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
You know you're in for a good time with "The Rugrats Movie" from the first few minutes. A zippy opening spoof of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" ends with that infamous boulder segueing into the belly of expectant mom Didi Pickles (voiced by Melanie ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Time Out
In this 'movie-isation' of the justly top-rated Nickelodeon TV cartoon, the producers have left the formula intact, changing little beyond extending the running time, fleshing out the animation (unobtrusively), inserting an 'Indiana Jones' pre-movie ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Time Out
B Movie Reviews (John J. Brassil)
I watched the very first episode of Rugrats the day it premiered, along with
âDougâ and âRen & Stimpy.â While John Kricfalusiâs dynamic duo was the first to
gather a cult following and âDougâ has been nominated for an Emmy, ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at B Movie Reviews (John J. Brassil)
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
I'll get back to Devo in a couple of 'graphs. The Rugrats Movie is aimed squarely at those for whom dirty diapers are a fond memory . . . like Cranky's nephew, who is 6 years old and has been writhing in anticipation of the coming of this flick. If you ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
The Boston Phoenix
The popular Nickelodeon kids' TV show gets the full-blown big-screen treatment here. The infantile drama centers on Tommy Pickles, a diaper-clad "rugrat" who's suffering from a parental-attention deficit after his newly arrived brother steals his thunder. ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at The Boston Phoenix
The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Scarcely out of the Lipschitz Maternity Arts Building, the aggressively self-involved newborn Dylan Preston (Dil) Pickles has the Rugrats (his siblings and their neighborhood pals from the Nickelodeon show) in an uproar. So when it's suggested that he be ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Film Scouts (Karen Jaehne)
A quick glance at the voices above tells you this is one fun carousel ride. Add to that the songs by Divo maestro Mark Mothersbaugh, who decided the songs deserved the singing talents of pals like Elvis Costello (I'll Throw My Toys Around), Kevi of 1000 ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Film Scouts (Karen Jaehne)
Philadelphia City Paper (Howard Altman)
Bringing the Rugrats to the big screen was a no-brainer. The Nickelodeon cartoon, which depicts the trials and travails of the suburban Pickles clan, is so wildly popular among both kids and adults that even 90 minutes of the animated children barfing ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Howard Altman)
Parent Previews
Their first feature
movie begins with one year old Tommy Pickles (E.G. Daily)
fretting about his new baby brother Dylan ("We'll
call him Dil," says his mom... recheck the last name
readers...). During his ...read the complete Rugrats Movie movie review at Parent Previews
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