Arthur and the Invisibles
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39 out of 100

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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  • Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow
  • Summary: From the creative mind of filmmaker Luc Besson, comes a larger-than-life, family adventure about a boy who, after his grandfather disappears, sets out to save his family home from emerging real estate developers. (MGM)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 22
  3. Negative: 9 out of 22
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    75
    The movie--while it doesn't knock you out--doesn't self-destruct either. Besson may never rise to the level of his best American models here, but it's fun watching him try.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gregory Kirschling
    58
    "The Professional's" Luc Besson has made a fair share of artfully bad movies. Arthur and the Invisibles -- half-live-action, half-CG kid's adventure -- is (by a hair) more bad-bad, like "The Fifth Element," than good-bad, like "The Big Blue."
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    The result isn't an unpalatable pudding but rather a fair-to-middling children's film that is half CG-animation and half live-action.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    What a mess.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. PhilJ.
    10
    Rather boring story, but is totaly worthwhile to watch for it's characters. The relationship between Arthur and Selenia is what really got me interested. The age difference between the two actors didn't bother me at all. It is a shame that the US versions had 10 minutes cut from it because of the deeper relationship between Arthur and Selenia. Well, I guess you can always watch the cut scenes on youtube. I'm looking forward to the sequels.… Expand
  2. sil3nt_nick
    8
    Very creative with humor and great animation. Madonna did well crossing over from the music world to a kid's movie. Highmore did excellent as the lead role.… Expand
  3. MovieLonely94
    6
    enjoyable, but not memorable
  4. LindaP.
    2
    The computer-generated world is visually rich, but short on the droll humor that makes good children's films bearable for adults and children for that matter too. Director Luc Besson, best known for "La Femme Nikita" and "The Fifth Element," admits he knew nothing about animation before he started this project, and it shows. Arthur and the losers haplessly blends live-action and visually repellent computer-animated work. This kids' cartoon from France is such a surreally demented attempt to connect with children that it's the equivalent of foie gras breakfast cereal or a bleu cheese milkshake.… Expand

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