An unimaginative adaptation of an imaginative 20th-century comic strip.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 24, 2023

What the actors, music and visual creative teams have here done is create a magical world that relates to the real world as well. It goes beyond the coming of age genre, dealing with parenthood and retaining the wonder of childhood as an adult.

| Original Score: A | Jan 6, 2023

Slumberland delivers a fantastic journey that both entertains and delights while taking a serious and heartfelt approach to its themes of loss, trauma, and moving on with life.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 4, 2023

It’s all sad when the ideas of childlike wonder are subpar and lack the creativity that children should expect. Slumberland will put you right to sleep.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 23, 2022

Momoa is at his most entertainingly Rabelaisian: all swagger and with a mischievous glint in his eye, firing up proceedings whenever he's on screen.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 9, 2022

It’s all very manic and overlong. Still, parents may see Slumberland” as a harmless two-hour babysitter.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 24, 2022

The father/daughter relationship, the special effects, Francis Lawrence's cinematography...lean back and relax on the easy chair. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2022

A limited imagination and an all-too-familiar narrative of a child coming to terms with grief results in a comfortable but uninspired adventure film that leans too heavily on an unrestrained Jason Momoa performance to stave off boredom.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 22, 2022

For Netflix to be this non-committal about a $150 million fantasy film starring Jason Momoa as a horned lothario cosplaying Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler doesn’t seem like the worst idea.

| Nov 20, 2022

Lawrence somehow struggles to make the most of the inventive and compelling performances of his cast. It’s almost like the editing of the film is one step behind the action or that Lawrence points the camera in the wrong direction.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 19, 2022

There are moments where the editing is so sloppy and the CGI so muddy it’s physically challenging to see and comprehend what’s happening on screen.

| Nov 19, 2022

While director Francis Lawrence’s Slumberland takes inspiration from the comic, it fails to capture the whimsy and delight of its origins.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 19, 2022

It’s a colorful fantasy, a heartwarming time, and the kind of weirdness that just might get stuck in the head of a creative young viewer.

| Nov 19, 2022

But for all the heartfelt moments "Slumberland" nails with relative ease, one can't help but feel let down by the chasm between how imaginative McCay's awe-inspiring illustrations remain and how screensaver bland the final looks by comparison.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 18, 2022

The realm of dreams is described as “a world with no consequence,” but as constructed, that comes in a movie with no clear creative compass, proving more mystifying than magical.

| Nov 18, 2022

The film highlights grief through the fantastical elements of Slumberland but isn’t as engaging emotionally as it should have been.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 18, 2022

The biggest problem with Slumberland is its utter innocuousness.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 18, 2022

Jason Momoa shows a different side in Slumberland as the man-beast of your dreams, but the Netflix film struggles to stay awake.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 18, 2022

Slumberland is let down by the fact that as a fantasy, there's nothing fantastical about the majority of it. It's a diverting enough watch due to the efforts of the cast, assuming you stay awake during the action.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2022

[T]he movie's constant need to move forward hinders whatever spectacle and emotional honesty might be present here.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 18, 2022