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Everyone's Hero
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Jake T. Austin,
Raven,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Rob Reiner,
William H. Macy,
Mandy Patinkin,
Dana Reeve,
and
Brian Dennehy
What if you had one chance to be a hero? Would you take it? Or play it safe? That is the question facing an ordinary boy in Everyone's Hero, a funny and warm tale of a kid who believes he can make a difference if he just hangs in there despite overwhelming odds. (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
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Animation
|
Comedy
|
Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Robert Kurtz
Jeff Hand
Howard Jonas (story)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Colin Brady
Christopher Reeve
Dan St. Pierre
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 20, 2007
Theatrical: September 15, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
88 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Canada / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Whoever wanders into the theater should leave a winner.

70
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
The movie's antique Rockwellian look is its greatest pleasure.

70
Chicago Reader
Joshua Katzman
There's still plenty to recommend it, including memorable characters, solid storytelling, and accurate period detail.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirshling
Everyone's Hero re-creates Depression-era America with surprisingly agreeable anachronistic panache, but a sassy ball and bat don't cut it as compelling cartoon characters, and the not-so-human humans never quite do either (Babe Ruth looks like Shrek).

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Probably the last movie to carry a credit for the late Christopher Reeve--as well as the last credit for Reeve's late wife, Dana.

63
USA Today
Staff [Not Credited]
A sweet, inspirational movie that doesn't offer any surprises, but entertains youthful audiences in a gentle, almost old-fashioned way.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Manny Lewis
Grown-ups, depending on how in touch they are with their inner child, will be split during most of this, inspired to either smile or roll their eyes.

58
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The final resolution is silly by just about any standard. A little grounding in reality and a larger effort to avoid the trite could have made Everyone's Hero fun and inspirational for everybody, not just the very young.

50
Boston Globe
Janice Page
Everyone's Hero is sincere and heartwarming; sometimes it's funny.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
A strange film, because it seems designed specifically for extremely old moviegoers to see with their great-great-grandchildren.

50
Variety
Joe Leydon
Neither a grand slam nor a strikeout, Everyone's Hero is minor-league animated entertainment.

50
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Everyone's Hero, a tame CGI cartoon for the simple-minded: the very young, the very old and Yankee fans.

50
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The movie is a feast of miscalculations. It turns out that neither a bat nor a ball make for an enchanting child's companion, lacking as they do the ability to move or express emotion.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Mark Medley
Some films, like "Shrek," "The Incredibles" and "Finding Nemo," manage to strike the right balance. Others, like Everyone's Hero -- opening today -- do not.

50
Los Angeles Times
John Anderson
Subtle it is not. Well-intentioned it certainly is. No one but the youngest in the family will care very much about it, though. And they may well be filled with wonderment trying to figure out what this big Babe person is all about.

50
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Everyone's Hero enters multiplexes already shadowed by tragedy. And while that may not be the best start for a kiddie feature, the movie's sentimental provenance could earn it a critical pass it doesn't deserve.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A tweener but not necessarily a good one. It falls into the gap between good intentions and faulty storytelling.

40
Austin Chronicle
Brian Clark
For anyone over the age of nine, Yankee's journey is ultimately a dull one paved with good intentions.

25
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
It's a shallow, treacly movie for children too little to question its many pointless puerilities. But do kids that young really belong in a theater? Keep 'em at home and wait for this to hit cable.

25
TV Guide
Ethan Alter
An anemic adventure that epitomizes generic feature animation.


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