"Toy Story" goes Shakespearean in this animated retelling of the tale of the star-crossed lovers of Verona.

| Mar 7, 2011

Gnomeo & Juliet stays too low to the ground to become an animated classic, but if there's a fairer midwinter's tale, wherefore art thou?

| Feb 26, 2011

Uneven is the course, as the Bard might say, but the ride is plenty of fun.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 25, 2011

A fun, disposable animation designed for short attention spans and lovers of garden ornaments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2011

The film's adherence to irony becomes tedious, especially with the supporting characters planting more adult references in almost every conversation.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 16, 2011

A lot of thought, love and (on the part of the animators) hard work has gone into this picture...

| Feb 14, 2011

Sadly, the music is largely wasted on the material, as somehow gnomes racing a lawnmower doesn't organically translate to a song about fighting and getting a little action in.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 14, 2011

Thanks to the guiding hand of director Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2) and sweet voice work in the leads by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt, it's not bad at all.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2011

There's nothing here as clever as you find in Pixar fare, or Dreamwork's successful Shrek franchise, although co-writer/director Kelly Asbury did helm the Oscar-nominated Shrek 2.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 11, 2011

What is there to say about a movie that beats its eccentric premise to the ground in the first scene, and doesn't stop?

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 11, 2011

[A] delightfully silly animated flick, which doesn't wear out its welcome.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 11, 2011

Given the size of the writing staff, it's no surprise the script feels like a committee job, overstocked with a high ratio of groan-to-grin quips.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 11, 2011

Novelty alone does not a good idea make, and in the case of Gnomeo and Juliet, it's rather a disturbing, even fetishy one.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Feb 11, 2011

Creator Kelly Asbury has discovered imaginative ways to freshen up the timeless material and introduce it to the next generation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2011

It's directed with flair and energy, spirited, funny and charming.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2011

It's a sorry spectacle, watching garden gnomes being robbed of their dignity.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 11, 2011

If the movie, which starts out shakily, improves in the second half, it is a discombobulated grab bag of jokes peopled with characters who have little emotional resonance.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 11, 2011

What makes the film most endearing is its unabashed eccentricity.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Feb 11, 2011

It's a little bit funny. Not much more than a bit, but enough to make this a cheerful, likable children's picture with a big heart.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2011

This lively little film, a comic take on Shakespeare's tragedy, is really entertaining.

| Feb 10, 2011