There is a gentleness and simplicity to the adventure-seeking vibe of Playmobil: The Movie that will work particularly well for very young audiences.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 27, 2019

This is a vastly inferior toy-to-film IP expansion, with duller songs, dumber jokes, and forgettable voice work.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Dec 12, 2019

There's a plot in there somewhere, but most of the time it's subsumed by a frenetic attempt to showcase the whole Playmobil range in an extended kinetic eruption of primal sound and primary colour.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 11, 2019

Playmobil: The Movie isn't as funny as some of the direct-to-video Lego-related movies, either, and that's very much the field it competes in, theatrical release or not.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 9, 2019

Best watched running in the background of a playdate for pre-schoolers, buried under the noise of kids' own imaginations but offering the occasional distraction from a total toddler meltdown.

| Dec 7, 2019

It does not even work as a commercial, never showing us why these toys could be especially fun to play with.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 6, 2019

Something with a passing resemblance to The Lego Movie, but one that doesn't fit together and isn't any fun.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 11, 2019

But much like the Playmobil toys, with their poky feet and weird, lobster-like hands, Playmobil: The Movie is similar but inferior to the Lego equivalent.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 9, 2019

[F]or a movie so clearly doubling as product placement, it's also fun, a cartoon (bookended by live-action sequences) which allows talented actors to riff on unexpected themes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2019

Disappointingly, it is a borderline dopey, sentimental children's adventure mostly without the wit and spark that converted grownups and kids to the Lego films.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 9, 2019

It feels like exactly what it is: an ugly, interminable, devoid-of-substance advert.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 8, 2019

This is a film that exists because it has to exist -- it has no interest in justifying itself any further.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2019

[Playmobil: The Movie] is a fun but bumpy ride.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2019

Maybe it's fitting Playmobil: The Movie is old-fashioned, stiff and only suitable for those between the ages of four and ten, but it sure isn't much fun.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2019

Lino DiSalvo's hyperactive film never transcends its blatant product-flogging purpose.

| Aug 7, 2019

It's safe to say that anyone who has already reached double digits will find little to enjoy in this generic and lifeless promotional tool...

| Jun 11, 2019