The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Metascore
32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 8 out of 11
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Sep 1, 2012
    30
    If the target audience for this film were any younger, they'd be embryos.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Geoff Berkshire
    Aug 29, 2012
    30
    The low-budget production feels chintzy and impossibly square, even by tyke standards.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    Aug 28, 2012
    30
    Hallie's dad said it was Rocky Horror for toddlers whatever that is. Me and Hallie are 7 and we thought it was for babies.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    Aug 28, 2012
    30
    For the sake of the children, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure should be allowed to quietly float away.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Amy Biancolli
    Aug 30, 2012
    25
    The whole thing runs about an hour too long: It should have been a TV show. The adventure's too big for the kids who would love it the most.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    Aug 28, 2012
    25
    Will your preschoolers enjoy it? Perhaps. Is it worth 88 minutes of their lives, or yours? Not in a world where "Sesame Street" is on TV every day. Not even in a world where "Sesame Street" didn't exist.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Aug 30, 2012
    20
    If only the movie could live up to its own potential. Instead, we're stuck with blandly unappealing costumed characters meandering through a boring quest to find some lost balloons.
  8. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Aug 28, 2012
    12
    Enduring this brainless kid's film is akin to witnessing the end of the world.

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User Score
1.2 out of 10

Overwhelming dislike- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 5 out of 5
  1. MegWhiteley
    0
    Awful movie, is really terrible and stupid, don't have any good. The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure is a fail, stupid, silly and awful movie, no more.… Full Review »
  2. TheWalrus2000
    0
    JK they suck.
  3. HuckleberryPie
    0
    If you want a better bonding experience with your kids, go watch something else instead or play in your backyard. This one served more of a farce to children's cinema rather than as something worth of a family-friendly adventure.… Full Review »
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