Movies in the Animated genre
Despicable Me 3 is an example of how even the most promising animated franchises can hit a wall if allowed to continue too long. One can understand why Universal greenlit this film. The previous two (or three if you count the spin-off Minions)...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-30
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Minion Nudity)
Genre: Animated
Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon
Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, ...
While watching Disney's Dinosaur, with all of its incredibly rendered creatures and seamless blending of animated objects with real backgrounds, a question occurred to me: In movies like this, can the writing keep pace with the technology? Films ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-05-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Cast: (voices) .B. Sweeney, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, ...
Emerging from its Cannes debut, Elemental has received mixed reviews. The reason for the lack of enthusiasm seems to be related to expectations by some critics that the film doesn’t take a more aggressive stance in the culture wars. There’s a ...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-16
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Peter Sohn
Cast: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, ...
When reviewing The Emoji Movie, “poop” is definitely appropriate. Or a frowny face. Or both.Oh, I suppose it’s not as bad as all that. After all, if one considers that this was made with the 7-10-year old group in mind, it passes muster....
U.S. Release Date: 2017-07-28
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Tony Leondis
Cast: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, ...
Many times, it is possible to make a snap determination about a movie based on its trailer. Happily, in the case of The Emperor's New Groove, any such judgment is likely to be in error. That's because the trailer makes the movie seem like one of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-12-15
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: (voices) David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, ...
In recent years, the two animation studios working under the Disney umbrella have been making a concerted attempt to shake free of their reputation as a White Princess Factory. The result: a pipeline of features populated with diverse casts – Coc...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-11-24
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Fantasy
Director: Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Rhenzy Feliz, ...
Once upon a time, Disney was the king of animation. Today, in the realm of CGI and 3D, they remain at the top only by virtue of a partnership with Pixar. Hand-drawn animation - the kind responsible for many of Disney's most beloved classics - is ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-11-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED/FAMILY
Director: Kevin Lima
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, ...
Generic and forgettable - those are the two words that immediately come to mind to describe Chris Wedge's first solo outing as an animated feature film director. (With Carlos Saldanha, he created Ice Age). What makes matters worse is that Epic isn'...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-24
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Wedge
Cast: (voices) Amanda Seyfried, Jason Sudeikis, Josh Hutcherson, ...
Comparing Fantasia 2000 to the original Fantasia is in some ways unfair, especially considering the way movie-going methods and tastes have changed over the past six decades. Yet, even though the hand-drawn animation has been helped along by the la...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-12-31
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Hendel Butoy, Eric Goldberg, James Algar, Francis Glebas, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Don Hahn
Cast: Deems Taylor, Steve Martin, Quincy Jones, ...
While it might be a stretch to claim that Fantastic Mr. Fox is "fantastic," it's easily among the year's best animated features. If there's an argument against the film (and, admittedly, it's not much of an argument), it's that the movie may not b...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: (voices) George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, ...