Gooby

Gooby (2009)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (11,148 ratings)

Willy (Matthew Knight) has a unique concern regarding his family's new house: he firmly believes it's inhabited by malevolent space aliens. Luckily for Willy, his wish for a savior is fulfilled with the entrance of Gooby (voiced by Robbie Coltrane), a strange but lovable creature who appears… More

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Apr 17, 2009 Wide
Monterey Media

Critic Reviews

  • Jason Anderson, Toronto Star

    Its lack of a compelling storyline and overreliance on so-so slapstick will limit its appeal to easily distracted preschoolers.

  • Bill Gibron, PopMatters

    If being innocuous were a crime, Gooby would cause Canada to reinstate the death penalty pronto.

  • David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

    This should be, by all accounts, a horror movie. It is instead a Canadian family comedy. So, you know, same difference.

  • Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

    Entertaining for kids while slightly corny and silly for adults, but it's often harmless, bighearted and filled with inspirational messages about friendship, hope and the importance of family which everyone, young and old, can appreciate.

  • Loey Lockerby, Kansas City Star

    Instead of inspiring children to be brave and loving, it will most likely send them cowering under the covers in terror. They've already got Chucky movies for that.

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  • Jason C


    I don't know if I've ever used the word pathetic to describe a movie, but I will here. This is the saddest thing. It didn't even make $4 million in theaters, making it in comparable to Glitter in that aspect. Nothing in this movie had personality. Nothing new, nothing… More

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