Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Chris Kattan

Framed for kidnapping Kyla, the princess of a hated rival race, young dreamer Delgo must both prove his innocence and persuade the two warring tribes to unite and save the princess from their common e...( read more  read more... )nemy. This fantastical animated adventure boasts the vocal talent of an all-star cast, including Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Val Kilmer, Eric Idle, Chris Kattan and Michael Clarke Duncan.

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer

Release Date: December 12, 2008

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DVD Release Date: August 4, 2009

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  • August 21, 2009
    Well, I couldn't not watch the greatest box-office flop of all time. Ever heard of Delgo? Probably not, it came, it went and that was all. Delgo tells the story of two waring races and how tensions rise when the Princess of one side goes missing. It's a typical fantasy plot. The ...( read more)animation is nowhere near the quality you'd expect from 6-8 years of work on this. However, the designs are rather impressive in places, and a beautiful and original world, that we could vanish into could have been created. It's not as terrible as you might expect. The tension between the two tribes is fairly well built on and the adult themes of immigration and societies view of it, are quite well handled, for a kids film. Kilmer's aggressive, gambling, but ultimately good character, also gives some sense that the adults were being catered for at one stage. This film is garnering more attention now, due to the similarities it shares with the Avatar trailer, but something tells me that isn't going to fail as spectacularly.
  • November 17, 2009
    Decent flick that attempts to return to the formula of 80's cartoons: Tell a decent story, remove as much actual death as possible, and have some sort of moral lesson.

    As to moral lessons, this follows and even mixes many old formulas: Peasant plus princess, downtown plus u...( read more)ptown, breaking of racial barriers, racial tension, Democracy vs Monarchy, Buddism, Christianity, treachery, misunderstandings, war...all that rolls together to come to a nice little happy ending which the kids will enjoy.
  • November 21, 2009
    Love this show so much, turn out to be way better. Great storyline and characters.
  • October 2, 2009
    This was really crap. I even stopped watching it.
  • August 30, 2009
    not too bad but not very interesting reminded me alot of Lord of the rings and star wars from some of the ideas but the magic was missing was just kinda interesting. Hollywood needs to realize that just because they have a star studded animated movie, doesnt mean its gonna be goo...( read more)d esp if the actors aren't all that good to begin with like Freddie Prince and Jennifer Love Hewitt
  • August 20, 2009
    kids turned it off after 15 mins
  • August 13, 2009
    An OK, cartoon movie. Has a star wars and a video game feel to it to me with the odd critters in the movie. Over all a pretty decent movie. I give it 3 stars...***
  • August 3, 2009
    I wasn't sure about this movie at first but after 15 minutes into it I became hooked. The movie is really well done and the story isn't bad.
  • July 28, 2009
    Looks pretty God-awful!
  • April 23, 2009
    heard that its reviews are bad... i'm still interested to watch this...

Critic Reviews


December 12, 2008
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

Indifferently produced with on-the-cheap CGI animation, Delgo has gathered a B-name voice cast that competently moves the story along but doesn't distinguish it in any way. full review

December 12, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The story is tedious, noisy and banal. It is also rather dark and convoluted for children, though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game. full review

December 12, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post

A few magic rocks and tepid battle scenes do little to inspire interest in the goings-on as Malcolm McDowell and Eric Idle spout villainy and punch lines, respectively. full review

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  • JJsalt
    December 8, 2008
    I really would see this movie, because it has a lot of action in this movie. I don't care what someone say about this movie Delgo. I am watching it!!! I don't care at all. I would watch it to see if a worth well movie to see. I AM INTERESTED!!!!

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