Arthur and the Invisibles(Arthur et les Minimoys)

Name: Arthur and the Invisibles
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Family

France · 2006
Rated PG · 1h 34m
Director Luc Besson
Starring Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Mia Farrow, Jimmy Fallon
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Family

Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.

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Los Angeles Times by

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.

New York Daily News by Jack Mathews

Luc Besson, a sort of French version of Steven Spielberg without the intuition, has tried a lot of genres in his young career and has had his greatest success with slick action films like "The Fifth Element" and "La Femme Nikita." Animated movies for kids he should stay away from.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

This semianimated adventure is enjoyable and imaginative despite its formulaic qualities.

The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

It's a film for kids who want to know what headaches feel like.

The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt

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.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

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.

The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger

The computer-generated world is visually rich, but short on the droll humor that makes good children's films bearable for adults.

Variety by Robert Koehler

Haplessly blends live-action and visually repellent computer-animated work.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

There are cute flourishes, but much of the cleverness is smothered by tired dialogue and doughy animation, which gives the animated characters the personality of mannequins and the look of cheap merchandising knockoffs come to life.