Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: June 8, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
13
Negative:
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80
A wide-eyed, action-adventure throwback to the era of Disney's magnificent adaptation of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
75
Enough flair and conviction to keep the movie buoyant even when its plot is abrupt and its emotionality conventional.
75
Miami HeraldChristine Dolen
A crackling good adventure, a visually sumptuous effort.
63
For all its handsomeness, the movie reveals a few cobwebs beginning to gather at the conceptual edges of the Disney animations.
63
Unfortunately for Disney, the real obstacle confronting the submarine isn't the giant lobster. It's a foul-smelling ogre, and it's no contest.
50
Qualifies as a pleasant time-killer, but it's 20,000 leagues beneath what it might have been.