Flushed Away is sweetly silly and consistent - it is the perfect story for a few hours' respite.

| May 26, 2020

This movie has so many ingredients that I should love... [but] I find the characters all to be unlikable.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Feb 14, 2019

Flushed Away, directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, is creatively realized, especially in how it takes "found" materials underground and re-imagines London landmarks.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 3, 2018

Aiding the movie greatly is its excellent voice casting.

| Nov 3, 2018

It's smarter than all the other 2006 animated movies, save for Monster House.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 2, 2018

Nice action, fun animation, good voice acting, mediocre to dull story. In the end it all balances out.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 2, 2018

Flushed Away may not be Aardman's best work, but it's still much smarter than most of the junk that passes for kids' entertainment these days.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2018

The result is a movie that has glossier and more elaborately designed backgrounds while retaining the traditional values of storytelling and performance -- and, of course, talking animals.

| Nov 2, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jan 24, 2013

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

It's an interesting approach to bridging two very different disciplines -- it's just a pity they didn't find a better script to try it out on.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 10, 2008

Despite the attempts to make this slick and bang up-to-date - plasma screens and pop culture references abound - it still feels curiously caught in aspic.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 13, 2008

So confusing... so jarring... so utterly irritating, how I long for "Wallace and Gromit" at this moment...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 11, 2007

A witty combination of jokes for both adults and kids.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/6 | Feb 3, 2007

A disappointing CG-animated film.

| Dec 30, 2006

The movie's gaggle of writers (seven different men have either screenplay or story credits) come up with enough clever visual references to ease the burden of familiarity.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 30, 2006

The dialogue is witty and the action exciting, but without the hands-on, homemade appeal of stop-motion, the Aardman magic is missing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 15, 2006

Like a mouse on a spinning wheel, it's a film that moves at a breakneck pace but ultimately goes nowhere.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 15, 2006

Any movie designed for kids that wantonly throws around Kafka gags gets my vote.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2006