A lot like the comedian's best work: amusing, appropriate for kids, and far more spiritually nourishing and less insulting than typical Hollywood fare.

| Nov 17, 2011

Cosby cartoon comes to life in tween-centered story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 24, 2010

At the end of this weak comedy is a strange and touching scene in which Bill Cosby and his childhood pals from Philadelphia, now elderly men, gather at the grave of Albert Robertson, the real-life inspiration for Cosby's bighearted Fat Albert.

| May 20, 2008

The Cosby touch (he's co-writer and co-executive producer) is in full effect, schmaltz notwithstanding, as Albert and the gang run through their series of pleasantly diverting escapades.

| Feb 9, 2006

The original cartoons are better.

| Jan 17, 2006

Its messages are innocuous and may hold the attention of the littlest viewers, but older audience members may find themselves repulsed by their nostalgia.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jan 15, 2005

The sermonizing on behalf of good clean fun and hard old effort (Cosby co-wrote the script) is as faded as Big Al's sweater after too many days on earth.

| Original Score: C | Jan 5, 2005

Bad in such a bizarre way, it almost becomes fascinating.

| Jan 3, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 27, 2004

The movie feels small and flat.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 27, 2004

Squeaky-clean but uninspired.

Full Review | Dec 27, 2004

Every move toward promoting acceptance of differences comes with a conflicting idea.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 27, 2004

This movie is as lame as it is tame.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 24, 2004

Fat Albert manages to talk down to two generations of pop-cult consumers - the Boomers and the Gen-Xers - while leaving no reason for their uncategorized offspring to join in on the Hey! Hey! Hey! chants.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 24, 2004

It's unlikely anyone over the age of 12 will find much to cheer about in the bland, sanitized moralizing this revamp of the decades-old Saturday morning cartoon show delivers.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 24, 2004

A 10-minute cartoon expanded into an especially long and deadly after-school special.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 24, 2004

Somewhere in its quest to be educational, Fat Albert forgot to be entertaining.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 24, 2004

There's much to enjoy in Fat Albert.

Full Review | Dec 24, 2004

As a general rule, television shows do not make for good movies, and Saturday morning cartoons typically fare even worse in the transfer to the big screen. Fat Albert is no exception, but it's not in the Garfield category.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 24, 2004

Although Fat Albert is smart enough to poke fun at itself director Joel Zwick can't quite conjure up any modern relevance.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 24, 2004