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(1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1   "Exciting, adventurous, and flush with visual and verbal gags, Aardman's latest stands out from the many other children's animations released this year because it seems a labour of love rather than a soulless commodity."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel C- "We know what Aardman is capable of, which makes Flushed Away all the more disappointing."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark B "The directors keep the material dancing at a neck-breaking velocity, bouncing the zingers around like a tennis ball fight, and pushing the voice talent to match the speed of the animated shenanigans."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 2/4 "...the almost total lack of substance ensures that most viewers will have an awfully hard time finding much here to embrace..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1/4 "Flushed Away deserves to be just that."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "There are singing slugs, and I don't know what else you could want."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "Where the film may lack in plotting it makes up by being one of the most consistently inventive bits of eye candy these retinas have seen in some time."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 2/4 "So confusing... so jarring... so utterly irritating, how I long for "Wallace and Gromit" at this moment..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. B+ "The combination of Aardman eccentricity and antic DreamWorks energy proves a far more palatable mix than one might have anticipated."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "It's better than 90% of the animated fare of the last few years. It's refreshing not to have to qualify the movie's appeal by appending the words, 'for the kids'."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Any movie designed for kids that wantonly throws around Kafka gags gets my vote."   SA Movie & DVD Magazine   James O'Ehley 6/10 "There's much that's enjoyable about this computer-animated movie, but in the end it feels a bit generic."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 2/5 "An animated film inferior to Aardman's tradition, but just about right for DreamWorks' recent mediocrity streak"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis B- "So while Flushed Away is studded with little comic nuggets, it is its story that disappoints."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford B- "...while Flushed Away is studded with little comic nuggets, it is its story that disappoints..."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "This melding of claymation and CGI is absolutely perfect, beautifully combining the wonderfully organic feel of Aardman's hand-built sets and lovingly breathed-into-life clay figures with DreamWorks' sleek computer cartoons."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson A- "It has Aardman's trademark intricacy of design, thrilling, hair's-breadth-timing of action sequences, mastery of physical properties and spaces, delightful characters, fresh and funny moments and adorable singing slugs."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C+ "Like a mouse on a spinning wheel, it's a film that moves at a breakneck pace but ultimately goes nowhere."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "Embora animados digitalmente, os personagens deste novo longa trazem, em seus designs e personalidades, as características que fizeram dos filmes da Aardman um repositório constante de histórias engraçadas e envolventes."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "It may have a fairly standard adventure plot, but it's so fiercely witty that you just can't stop laughing."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "The result of pairing Aardman and DreamWorks is not quite as good as the best work either studio has done independently."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "... filled to overflowing with mischievous gags for kids and adults alike, tickling the periphery of the story and crammed into every frame with playful abandon."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 3/4 "The film's humor actually splits down the middle, with intelligent puns for parents and gratuitous pratfalls for kids."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell B "Settles for a more modest level than Aardman's previous efforts. Strong on visual invention and wacky humor but light on story and characterization, it's about on the level of a Blue Sky feature, in particular recalling Robots."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 8/10 "Witty, if chaotic fun - not just for kids."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 3/4 "A delightfully silly and laugh-out-loud funny animated comedy, Flushed Away bodes happily for future collaborations between DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight  (1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1