Critic Reviews

• Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

  As matinee probations go, the movie's tainted by too many bad songs and too much of Bruce Willis.

• Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

  [T]his is harmless entertainment for very young children. Everyone else though, will be wriggling in their seats like 2-year-olds with wet diapers.

• Desson Thomson, Washington Post

  For all the doubling of franchises, Odorama- smelling and smart-aleck references to famous movies and songs, there's nothing particularly bright and charming about the film.

• Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star

  The end product is surprisingly engaging, thanks at least in part to a pair of very stinky feet.

• Ted Fry, Seattle Times

  The creators of Rugrats and Thornberrys have done a clever job of figuring crossover points for bringing the two together.

• Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

  Fun meet-up of Rugrats, Wild Thornberrys on deserted island.

• Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

  [T]his is more like a TV sweeps month stunt than the beginning of new chapter of Rugrats history.

• Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

  Nothing about Rugrats Go Wild is particularly bad or crass; it's just exhaustingly mediocre.

• Neil Smith, BBC

  Unless you're a Nickelodeon executive or a six-year-old who's never heard of Pixar, you'll be fervently hoping such desperate tactics signal the end of this tiresome spin-off franchise.

• Mike Sage, Peterborough This Week

  Rugrats Go Wild boasts tiresome plotlessness, TV-grade animation, and doesn't even propagandize the kids with hearty moral messages

• Catharine Tunnacliffe, eye WEEKLY

  As a Rugrats neophyte, I found it hard to understand what makes them so beloved: their voices are shrill and charmless, and so much of the humour springs from grating babytalk.

• Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

  Nickelodeon calls this a "crossover" adventure. I call it a crowded movie with too many characters and a tendency toward hyperactivity.

• Paul Povse, State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

  Can adults sit through it with minimal doses of Novocaine from the concession stand? The answer: A qualified yes.

• Laine Ewen, Premiere Magazine

  Television-loving children will scream for Rugrats Go Wild!, and in this case, their parents can go ahead and let them-they won't be missing much.

• Kim Williamson, Boxoffice Magazine

  A pleasing enough one for adults and tots alike.

• Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy

  The highlight is when Stu makes like some weird love child of Gilligan and MacGyver and crafts a radio out of a coconut, a razor and a pen.

• Tyler Hanley, Palo Alto Weekly

  Rugrats Go Wild! is an interesting experiment in character cooperation, but plays out like an extended television episode rather than a well-thought-out feature.

• James Brundage, Filmcritic.com

  Rugrats Go Wild! doesn't have an iota of that sweet, cynical charm that has made the show something parents could watch

• Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle

  It's a message movie, as are all kids films these days, but these environmentally-aware messages are sweet and unforced, and well worth hearing.

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  Your attention never flags, mainly because the filmmakers are so determined to hold it, whether through the thunderous sound, in-your-face imagery or surfeit of (literal) potty humor.

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