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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyFrank Gladstone's animated kids' movie The Hero of Color City is a perfectly pleasant pastiche of other movies, the most obvious antecedent being the Toy Story films.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartFor parents of very young children looking for a weekend distraction, “Color City” is passable fare — and will at least inspire kiddies to finish what they start, coloring-wise.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFor parents looking to get their preschoolers out of the house, The Hero of Color City will be good enough.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt’s all pleasant and forgettable.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreColor City is thin gruel, even by recent, weaker Pixar standards.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerChicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerThe best thing about The Hero of Color City is its good voice talent — and its running time of only 77 minutes. Other than that, this is a pretty lame computer-generated animated movie that will likely not engage kids much past the first grade.
- 38RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyEven if you allow for the the fact that the film is geared towards the 5-year-old set, it's still a pretty dreary experience, made even more so by screamingly vivid colors, uninspiring animation and grating songs.
- 30VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireCheerfully exhorting imagination, creativity and bravery in children while demonstrating none of those virtues itself, The Hero of Color City proves to be a dispiritingly colorless feature-length babysitter.
- 30The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe Hero of Color City cannily distills the children’s movie to its lowest common denominator: bright colors flashing on screen.
- 12Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezNo cartoon has ever conveyed the struggle for self-actualization with such an inexpressive sense of imagination as this cheap and glorified babysitter.