Dishes up some very corny jokes, but the images have a brighter-than-life vivacity.
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Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The animals' personalities have been carefully calibrated: They have sufficient edge to amuse us as characters, yet they're cuddly enough to market as plush toys or action figures.
It's bright and spry, giggly and bouncy, but also cuddly with occasional touches of cruelty--a movie in which best friends, when let loose in the wild, suddenly realize one's a little higher on the food chain.
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ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Eventually, it had to happen: a computer-animated dud.
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The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
It's frustrating to see this wonderful-looking, laugh-out-loud funny survival tale fall short of its potential.