Mia and the Migoo(Mia et le Migou)

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The look is appealing, but the dark third act and heavy themes may alienate family audiences.

Chicago Reader by Andrea Gronvall

Director Jacques-Remy Girerd often divides the frame into three vertical bands, each with a different color signature; this dynamic technique makes the eventual introduction of explosive action sequences seem like overkill.

Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

Alternately ambitious and simplistic, lively and bland, the French-produced adventure Mia and the Migoo never fully pinpoints its intended audience or many ecological messages.

New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier

Shares a spiritual link to the Japanese works of Hayao Miyazaki but lacks his films' narrative drive and magical overlay.

Time Out by Keith Uhlich

Lovingly designed, but dramatically inert.

New York Post by Kyle Smith

Far too childish to intrigue adults yet too slow and dull for kids.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

Trying to parse meaning in "Mia" is secondary to its main point, which is its look, created with 500,000 hand-drawn frames. That's impressive in an age in which most mainstream animation is done with computers.

Village Voice by Nick Schager

Regrettably, both the condemnation of capitalist avarice and violence and the sanctification of nature and youthful innocence are dramatized only in simplistic black-and-white terms.

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

Mia and the Migoo boasts a handsome, folkloric look that is often undermined by a ham-handed script.

Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy

It's lovely, truly, but so heavy-handed and slipshod that it's probably best enjoyed with the sound off -- an option they're not likely to offer at the movie theater.