| 80 |
The New York Times
If "Wall-E" pushes the boundaries of what can be done in an animated movie, Space Chimps proves that the old formula is still pretty effective when executed well.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Delightful from beginning to end.
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| 63 |
TV Guide
Kids might find the sight of monkeys -- sorry, apes -- wrestling in outer-space funny, but unless they're unusually sophisticated, much will probably just confuse them.
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| 60 |
The Hollywood Reporter
The CG animation is nothing special, but the characters are surprisingly fun and the story is full of enough puns, wordplay and slapstick to elicit laughs from across the age spectrum.
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| 50 |
Austin Chronicle
Who doesn't love an animated, anthropomorphized-chimpanzee-starring, sci-fi romantic comedy?
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| 42 |
Christian Science Monitor
Why would you take your kids to see Space Chimps, an uninspired animated feature about chimp astronauts, when you could take them instead to see "Wall-E"? And if they've already seen "Wall-E," you're really lowering the bar by venturing into this one.
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| 42 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Story remains Vanguard's weak point.
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| 40 |
Variety
Lael Loewenstein
Enjoyably slim family entertainment.
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| 40 |
Los Angeles Times
Michael Ordona
The film is suitable for all ages, but there's probably not enough fuel beyond cute chimps in Candyland to achieve orbit for the kids.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Short, cheap, weird, and passably diverting.
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| 30 |
Washington Post
John Anderson
Kids sense when a movie is being noisy and frantic just to keep them distracted; these apes are overcaffeinated.
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| 25 |
Entertainment Weekly
Adam Markovitz
While candy-colored graphics should dazzle kids, Space Chimps has little draw for audiences spoiled by the Pixar-given knowledge that CGI can entertain -- and not just stupefy -- moviegoers of any age.
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| 25 |
Chicago Tribune
Sucks a whole lot of talented people into a wormhole of lousy. The film either needed to be a lot wittier to make up for the way it looks, or a lot better-looking to compensate for the funny it isn't.
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| 25 |
USA Today
Only a truly dreadful story could make 81 minutes seem like an eternity. And Space Chimps is just that leaden experience.
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| 25 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jason McBride
Space Chimps might have been saved, in fact, by using real monkeys in the astronaut roles. Or, better yet, by having a monkey in the director's chair.
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| 20 |
New York Daily News
And then there is the most annoying animated sidekick in a long time: a bulb-headed, trying-to-be-cute glow creature called Kilowatt (Kristen Chenoweth), who sings an ear-piercing, high-pitched note when it's scared, which is often.
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| 20 |
LA Weekly
Robert Wilonsky
The animation, incidentally, is half-a--ed, like they ran out of the $292.96 budget halfway through. Rip-off indeed.
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| 12 |
New York Post
I went in expecting to be disappointed, but even so, I was disappointed.
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