Doogal
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: February 24, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
10
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75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The original English scripts certainly were peppered with sly, topical asides aimed squarely at adults. Paul Bassett Davies' updated screenplay attempts to follow suit, but what passes for topical these days is pretty much limited to industry inside jokes and constant allusions other movies. Thankfully, the animation itself is thoroughly inspired. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
The slapdash dialogue and smug vocal talent -- even the presence of the much-loved host of "The Daily Show" is wearying -- detract from the visual appeal of the most energetic sequences (like a raucous train chase) and what's left of Danot's designs. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Strictly for the small-fry set, lacking the visual style, wit or imagination necessary to entice adult viewers. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
Doogal is one of those pickup-and-redub jobs, the original version having been made by European studio Pathé based on a 1960s British children’s show, "The Magic Roundabout." And lacking even the minimal pop-cultural pizzazz of "Hoodwinked," the story, dialogue and animation here really are for-kids-only. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
A dreadful animated movie stuffed with bad puns and little internal logic. More dangerous than the world icing over is the danger of eyeballs rolling back into the heads of parents accompanying kids to this. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
An animated clunker. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
William H. Macy lends a little class as a snail, but Smith nails it in the closing-credit outtakes: "Don't expect Robin Williams-caliber work." Read full review
25
Boston GlobeLouise Kennedy
Charm-free, incoherent, and heartlessly sentimental, this woodenly animated co-production by American, British, and French companies offers boredom and irritation for parents, needlessly scary images for tots, and, for the pubescent boys who apparently run mass culture, a flatulent blue moose. It's ugly to look at, too. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The polite word for all this is "repurposing," a euphemism for "hauling someone else's garbage." Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
It's a movie that scrounges so desperately for laughs, it features both a flatulent moose and a flatulent train. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
The results are flat-out tedious. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
It'd take more than potentially lethal amounts of alcohol to make this derivative trash endurable. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
A wretched experience from start to finish. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
An animated movie designed with very young children in mind. And very young children should be very angry about that. Where is it written that 4-year-olds don't deserve a good story, decent characters, and a modicum of coherence? Read full review
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