Screen International by Allan Hunter
It is a manic, hit and miss affair complete with slapstick antics and wisecracking one-liners.
France, United States · 2019
Rated G · 1h 39m
Director Lino DiSalvo
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Gabriel Bateman, Jim Gaffigan, Daniel Radcliffe
Genre Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Marla is forced to abandon her carefully structured life to embark on an epic journey to find her younger brother Charlie who has disappeared into the vast and wondrous animated world of Playmobil toys.
Screen International by Allan Hunter
It is a manic, hit and miss affair complete with slapstick antics and wisecracking one-liners.
An attempt to do for the smiling, claw-handed Playmobil collective what “The Lego Movie” did for the humble plastic brick — but without that blockbuster’s dizzy, self-aware wit and visual invention — Lino DiSalvo’s hyperactive film never transcends its blatant product-flogging purpose.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
To the director’s credit, the animated sequences are richly rendered, making the most of the rather stiff and plain-looking originals (though, if you want to get nitpicky, an early gag poking fun at the fact that Playmobil legs are unbendable is soon forgotten) and offering up a plethora of settings that help compensate for the lack of good writing.
Maybe it’s fitting Playmobil: The Movie is old-fashioned, stiff and only suitable for those between the ages of four and ten, but it sure isn’t much fun.
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
No child deserves to be subjected to this kind of blaringly witless branding bombardment; as for adults, I felt like I was being beaten around the head with the Argos catalogue.
The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide
While The Lego Movie is all about creativity and invention, Playmobil shamelessly steals ideas.
A mouse avoids getting eaten in the woods by telling stories of a fearsome monster, the Gruffalo.
A submarine goes rouge to look for treasure in the Black Sea.
A young girl's imagination comes to life at the magical amusement park Wonderland.
If you dig too deep, you may not like what comes up...
When Dora's parents go missing searching for a hidden city of gold, it's up to her to save them.
A boring first date just turned wild.