Throw in an impressive vocal cast, including Van Dyke, Ferrell, Drew Barrymore and Joan Plowright and a terrific batch of toe-tapping Jack Johnson tunes -- and, even more than 15 years on, George is a movie with great school holiday appeal.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 12, 2023

It is, quite contentedly, a children's film.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

Get curious! Let Curious George bring out the curiosity in you this weekend.

| Nov 7, 2019

The music is a huge standout in the film.

| Original Score: A | Apr 19, 2019

Curious George is one curiously mixed-bag movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 26, 2018

It's nice to have something this sincere and comforting out in the world.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 4, 2015

Sure, it's a film for the toddlers, but that doesn't mean the adults can't find something good from it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 29, 2009

Director Matthew O'Callaghan and screenwriter Ken Kaufman haven't tried to create a film that's hip, just one that's funny and sweet, and in that sense they've succeeded.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 18, 2008

This harmless but charmless caper will have everybody except the most undemanding tot fidgeting.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 10, 2008

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

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 4, 2008

George's character has been intensely cutesified here, with little of the subversive edge which remains the secret of his lasting appeal.

| Mar 1, 2007

The welcome absence of strained cleverness qualifies as one of its biggest virtues.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 2, 2007

It's a gentle, unhurried, largely hand-drawn children's cartoon with a nice simple storyline and no nods and winks to the grown-ups.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2007

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 29, 2006

A decent distraction for the young ones, it also seems content to be merely that.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 13, 2006

A great kids' film, and a vehicle for a beloved character that will hopefully send parents scurrying to the bookstore for the genuine article.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 11, 2006

It's harmless, colourful fun, but even the very young are used to better.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 18, 2006

Inocente como seu público-alvo (as crianças menores), é um filme cuja base reside no carinho entre seus dois personagens principais. E, embora isto não gere uma narrativa exatamente intensa, conquista pelo calor de seus sentimentos.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 23, 2006

It's good old-fashioned family entertainment.

| Jun 24, 2006

The whole thing might be a bit more bearable were it not for the tooth-rotting sweetness of Jack Johnson's songs, which are all about learning by doing, and how important it is to have friends, and other such guff.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 30, 2006