Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Entertainment Weekly Bruce Fretts

Packs appeal for both kids and parents.

Variety Robert Koehler

Though animated sequels of popular kids' fare tend to perform lower than their progenitors, this one should buck the trend.

LA Weekly Nicole Campos

A running spoof of "The Godfather" is especially hilarious, as are numerous, sly digs at all things Disney.

Baltimore Sun Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Wildly entertaining.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Remarkably poignant (and pungent) when it comes to child psychology.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

The point is, adults can attend this movie with a fair degree of pleasure. That's not always the case with movies for kids, as no parent needs to be reminded. There may even be some moms who insist that the kids need to see this movie. You know who you are.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

The journey's a kick.

Village Voice Richard Gehr

Nicely conveys a family trip abroad as seen from both the exhausted-parent and bewildered-infant points of view.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Your children are almost certain to have a great time.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

If you're a parent, you could do a heck of a lot worse than taking the spawn off to catch Rugrats in Paris and if you're a kid, well, you probably already knew that anyway.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

More chic and movie-savvy than its predecessor.

Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson

The frequent song interludes will distract the kids (but send the adults into comas), and the anti-Disney satire rages as never before.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Seems more like a merchandising ploy than a successful attempt to entertain kids and their parents.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Will Rugrats fans love it -- Wee, we -- er, oui, oui.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

A one- way ticket to infantile heaven.

Film.com Gemma Files

Has a soundtrack crammed with infectious music gleaned from fairly surprising sources.

TV Guide Frank Lovece

A rare sequel that's better than the original.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Filled with skewed humor, inventive animation and earthy jokes.

Miami Herald Sara Wildberger

Where it succeeds smashingly is in the sound department.

Los Angeles Times Robin Rauzi

All of this film's faults are nearly forgiven for the short but memorable scene of sumo wrestlers singing a karaoke version of "Bad Girls."

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

It's a mass of interchangeable moving images, none much more significant than the others, linked to a plot looser than a 2-year-old's shoelaces.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

The makers of this eclectically animated adventure, a follow-up to "The Rugrats Movie," know their audience, though all the "Godfather" references will be thoroughly puzzling to at least half of it.

Chicago Tribune Loren King

Isn't novel entertainment, but adults who accompany kids to it are not likely to feel that it is a form of abuse for either of them.

Boston Globe Loren King

Predictable and not terribly clever, but among the slim pickings of movies geared to the pre-school and grade-school set, it could be much worse.

USA Today Staff [Not Credited]

Great movies are sometimes described as filet mignon or champagne, but this one is more like a pacifier.