A pretty terrible movie with a nonsensical plot...

| Apr 29, 2009

Has a more genuine SF premise behind it than most of today's so-called sci-fi offerings . . .

| Dec 7, 2004

send your 15 year old to see it first and then prepare you for it

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2004

An animated film without a hint of anima.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 20, 2004

E-Mail This Article to a Friend KAENA: THE PROPHECY Words of wisdom: "You don't need wings to be free! There's another world with a blue sun and so much sap you can swim in it!" Maybe it sounds better in the French version.

| Aug 7, 2004

The monsters are derivative, the attempts at humor are mostly feeble and the story, in the end, lacks a certain je ne sais quoi.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 6, 2004

Derivative and aimless filmmaking by directors and 'writers' who know only how to craft eye candy.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 1, 2004

The animation in Kaena is so ham-fisted that it distracts even from the fairly tedious story.

| Original Score: D- | Jul 30, 2004

The images are opulent but the story's an incoherent bore.

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 25, 2004

My prophecy is: Kaena will play better on an X-box than at the theatres.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 16, 2004

Simplistic writing and one-dimensional characters do in this animation film.

| Original Score: C | Jul 15, 2004

While the animation is awesome, the storyline is out-of-this-world confusing.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 9, 2004

There are moments in Kaena that are absorbing, but too much of the time it simply becomes tedious.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Augurs well for dazzling visual work but struggles mightily on the storytelling front.

Full Review | Jul 8, 2004

If Kaena's alternate universe isn't nearly as fully realized as Fantastic Planet's, the 3-D imagery is often gloriously turbocharged.

| Jul 8, 2004

It's a valiant effort, if not quite successful.

Full Review | Jul 2, 2004

A creamy-colored yet derivative sci-fi fantasy with a few rip-offs so blatant ... that even kiddie fans not yet mentally agile enough to make sense of the loopy plot could pick them out.

| Original Score: C | Jun 30, 2004

With George Lucas' lawyers eager to justify undoubtedly Jabba-sized retainers, writer-director Delaporte may want to start the tie selection now for his court appearance.

| Original Score: D | Jun 29, 2004

Its target audience will more likely watch this on DVD than in theaters...[but] only the desperate will find Kaena entertaining.

| Jun 29, 2004

The ending makes little sense, the characters are badly sketched out, and we can't really figure out what the hell is going on.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2004