Critic Reviews

• Jane Horwitz, Washington Post

  Although the film may be too violent for kids younger than 10 and too storybook for teens, it is a tale of mythic pretensions and can be quite stunning.

• 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.

• Susan Walker, Toronto Star

  This flick is like a cheap thriller where the wisecracks always fall flat and the author couldn't be bothered to invent a new plot, so he just patches together some old ones.

• Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

  There isn't enough action for older children, or silly humor for younger ones; even at an hour-and-a-half, the film feels padded, and it's going to feel even slower to audiences amped up on blood-red Icees and molar-cracking Nonpareils.

• 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.

• Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

  Delgo demonstrates how hard it is to create a memorable, credible-looking piece of animated entertainment.

• Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

  The problems with Delgo aren't isolated, and that's what makes things bad. The problems filter through every aspect of the movie.

• Mike Scott, Times-Picayune

  A dull retread. ... Not even the film's easily enchanted target audience -- that is, children -- are likely to stay under the spell for long.

• David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

  How do you go ten years and not notice how lousy your script is?

• Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

  An unimaginative plot with dull characters that aren't as endearing or memorable as they could have been.

• Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

  Sleep-inducing and yet excessively violent, "Delgo" is a highly directive and bloated piece of animated sci-fi set in a fantastical world that never captures the imagination.

• Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

  The crude, not-so-state-of-the-art animation and artwork all too clearly show the film's 2001 start date.

• Matt Brunson, Creative Loafing

  As hard on the eyes as it is on the brain.

• Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune

  Just try figuring out the audience for the movie, because the violence is too much for kids under 8, while anyone over 8 will be turned off by the idiotic humor.

• Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine

  Even though some of the action is fun and the world is imaginative, it loses points for having a horrible comic relief character that derails the fun.

• Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

  I'm not saying it's a Christmas miracle. What I am saying is that the new animated movie 'Delgo' and 'The Bells of St. Mary's' have something in common.

• Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

  If the cast is too large or filled with name actors (often many of which are heading down the has-been road), the film is going to suck.

• Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media

  Shoddily animated adventure is too violent for young kids.

• 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.

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