Curious George

Curious George (2006)

  • 69% of critics liked it
    (102 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (248,763 ratings)

The naughty little monkey from Margret Rey and H.A. Rey's beloved children's stories makes the leap to the big screen in this animated adaptation. Ted (voice of Will Ferrell) is an explorer with a large yellow hat who is good friends with Bloomsberry (voice of Dick Van Dyke), who runs a… More

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In Theaters
Feb 10, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Sep 26, 2006
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail

    Gentle enough to satisfy the wee ones but has little to offer their adult companions...

  • Christy Lemire, Associated Press

    George is just so darn cute with his big eyes and bright smile and perpetually sunny disposition, he's pretty much impossible to resist.

  • Anna Smith, Time Out

    It's good old-fashioned family entertainment.

  • Chris Garcia, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Curious George is probably the purest family movie in years.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    The artwork, I liked it, is faithful to the original, but to tell people my age, or someone 25, that they should see nine or ten bucks to see this movie I can't do it.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Michael E


    its not really good but its safe for kids so theres not really anything bad in it

  • Jason O


    Better than I would've thought, even though I always liked reading the Curious George books growing up.

  • Red L


    Jeepers. Flixster rates this as 3 1/2 stars. I found it a horribly childish waste of 90 minutes. Nowhere near the quality of other animated flicks I have seen like Ice Age or Shrek, etc.

  • danny d


    fantastic if you like george. i watched it with my son and we had fun

  • Michael G


    I appreciated that the animation wasn't phonier than a Chinese redhead, but the Jack Johnson soundtrack kind of rubbed me the wrong way. And Will Farrell as The Man With the Yellow Hat was pretty damn annoying. Plotwise, it was kind of annoying but it's a kid 's movie… More

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