Produces images of poetic power ... The catch is that the world the filmmakers create is far more interesting than the story they tell in it in it or the characters they put in it.

| Original Score: B- | May 31, 2013

For all its attempts at wonder and spectacle and play, Epic is mostly a slog.

| May 27, 2013

The visuals are pure magic.

| Original Score: B+ | May 26, 2013

Director Chris Wedge falls into the common animator's trap of making the "human" characters a lot duller than the nonhuman creepy-crawlies.

| Original Score: C+ | May 24, 2013

With its array of goofy sidekicks (Aziz Ansari as a slug almost runs away with the whole picture) and carefully crafted relationships, Epic certainly manages to tell a compelling tale.

| May 24, 2013

A 3D eco-fantasy whose mantra-like insistence that we're all connected by nature is one of the main things that underscores the abject insincerity of the sentiment as the movie articulates it, "Epic" is very nearly epic in its stifling mediocrity.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 24, 2013

Fast-moving, involving, and entertaining, the tale sweeps you deep into its current and carries you swiftly along.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 24, 2013

Won't take up much space in the history books but will make a very nice footnote.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 24, 2013

Children may enjoy it, but even they will be able to see all the boxes it systematically ticks.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 24, 2013

It may not be epic, but it's eye-popping entertainment.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 24, 2013

[It] is certainly very pretty to look at, and has a general agreeability about it. But the movie would need to engage us far more powerfully for that hyperbolic title to fit.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 24, 2013

Generic entertainment with a brave heroine, cutesy-poo supporting characters, parental figures who are either absent or absent-minded, etcetera, etcetera.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 24, 2013

The emotional connection that should have the crowd cheering wildly for the heroes and booing the villains never clicks in.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 24, 2013

Sadly, the lurching, generic script doesn't live up to the look of the film but it's worth seeing just for the memorable visuals.

| Original Score: 3.0/5.0 | May 23, 2013

As beautiful as it is, "Epic" is fatally lacking in visceral momentum and dramatic edge.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 23, 2013

Epic's visuals are enthralling enough for little and big folks to offset a predictable, albeit sweet, story.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 23, 2013

That title is inviting the addition of the word "fail", but actually this is perfectly serviceable family animation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2013

Its explosive, almost psychedelic colour is first rate, especially in 3D.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2013

Epic? More like meh.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2013

Even young would-be botanists will find this charmless animated adventure as exciting as watching grass grow.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 23, 2013