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

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

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

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

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

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 18, 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

A shock for those expecting grown-up laughs, Curious George is that rarest of breeds: a kids' film through and through.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 26, 2006

It is a sweet, simple movie with a sweet, simple message: that children see the world differently and have much to teach the people who love them.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2006

Curious George is probably the purest family movie in years.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 18, 2006

The artwork, I liked it, is faithful to the original, but to tell people my age, or someone 25, that they should see nine or ten bucks to see this movie I can't do it.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2006

This gentle little film about the monkey whose curiosity gets him into trouble and the man who befriends him will make 4-8-year olds very happy and give their parents a chance for a nice nap.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Feb 12, 2006

Molasses-sweet, plot-heavy and pandering.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Despite eerie narrative parallels with King Kong, the most curious thing about Curious George is how gentle it is.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Although the makers of Curious George decided a 21st century update was necessary, they fill the movie with enough tributes to the Reys to take a lot of the sting away.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 10, 2006

When children are so into a movie that they don't make a peep or kick the back of your theater seat, it is a success.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Despite 16 years in development and drafts by many prominent Hollywood screenwriters, the finished product (credited to O'Callaghan and Mike Webb) feels undeveloped, like a 10-minute 온라인카지노추천 cartoon stretched to barely feature length.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Skip the movie altogether, and buy one of the books, instead.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Visually, the movie benefits from a charming animation style, a traditional 2-D approach layered with shadows and backlit halos. But it benefits most from George, still worming his way into people's hearts.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 10, 2006