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Misanthropic toddlers will be rolling in the aisles.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Pitched toward the youngest of kids -- roughly ages zygote to 4 -- with direct-to-video quality animation, plotting and backgrounds.
80
The New York Times by Lawrence Van Gelder
With top-drawer voice talent including Joan Plowright and Dick Van Dyke, original songs by Jack Johnson, and old-fashioned two-dimensional animation that echoes the simple colors and shapes of the books, Curious George is an unexpected delight.
67
Austin Chronicle by Marrit Ingman
It is a sweet, simple movie with a sweet, simple message: that children see the world differently and have much to teach the people who love them.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
Margret and H.A. Rey's mischievous monkey makes his long-threatened leap to the big screen in Curious George, with much of the books' charm respectfully intact.
67
What makes Curious George such an enduring figure is that he embodies much of what's wonderful about childhood.
67
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the new cartoon of Curious George, featuring the voice of Will Ferrell as the Man in the Yellow Hat, doesn't veer all that far from the soothing tone of the books.
75
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
Because almost all animated films now are computer generated, the 2-D animated Curious George has the not-unpleasant patina of an antique.
60
Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky
Though it does cheapen itself with some dreadful moments of product placement, it doesn't instantly date itself with cheap pop-culture gags; it will play to our kids' kids tomorrow just as it does today, like something made for children who don't know to expect more from their cartoons than just pleasant, nostalgic mediocrities.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Is this movie for the whole family to attend? No, it is a movie for small children and their parents or adult guardians, who will take them because they love them very much.