Flushed Away
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 3, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
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Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Delicious slapstick, droll wit and terrific characters make Aardman's first venture in CG cartooning a great success. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
It is a relief to encounter such exuberant and infectious silliness. Read full review
90
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Shot through with cheeky wit and hilarious musical numbers by the aforementioned slugs, Flushed Away features an eye-popping boat chase through London's watery nether regions, as well as the winning vocal talent of Kate Winslet, Bill Nighy and Ian McKellen, doing his best Sydney Greenstreet. Well done! Read full review
88
USA TodayClaudia Puig
This year's wittiest animated adventure saga. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Flushed Away lacks the action-contraption dottiness of a Wallace and Gromit adventure, but it hits its own sweet spot of demented delight. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
This computer-animated feature is consistently inventive, if a bit busy and overlong. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
As with the Wallace & Gromit films, most of the fun is in the deft characterizations, the zippy banter, and the joyous sight gags. Read full review
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's filled to overflowing with mischievous gags for kids and adults alike, tickling the periphery of the story and crammed into every frame with playful abandon. It gives potty humor a good name. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's not life-changing stuff, but it's brisk and clever and funny and avoids some of the predictable pitfalls that hobble so many films of its ilk. Read full review
80
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Though it lacks "Wallace and Gromit"'s charm, its mile-a-minute inventiveness is impressive. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
The film offers rousing adventures that kids will love and witty humor that adults can appreciate. Read full review
80
EmpireOlly Richards
The best animated movie of the year and only a whisker shy of the brilliance of Wallace and Gromit. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It's better than 90% of the animated fare of the last few years. It's refreshing not to have to qualify the movie's appeal by appending the words, "for the kids." Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineEthan Alter
Lively if derivative romp. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle Smith
How this thing got made in Hollywood is a mystery, but I laughed at most of it, especially the mean stereotypes about the French and the even meaner stereotype about England's soccer team. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
For a movie that takes place mostly in the bowels of a sewer, Flushed Away has some surprisingly charming moments. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The best sections of Flushed Away, those featuring a nefarious French operative known as Le Frog (a hilarious Jean Reno), are also the most peculiarly British; no one lampoons the French with a better mixture of hard-earned loathing and grudging respect than the Brits. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
While you watch, be sure to scour the background for in-jokes, including cameos by Gromit and other DreamWorks characters, and rest assured that Flushed Away gets even funnier on second viewing. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
As scatalogical affairs go, Flushed Away shows remarkable buoyancy. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
This is a sewer blessedly free of actual sewage, which makes Flushed Away more kid-friendly than, say, the average "South Park" episode. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Result is a kidpic long on invention but short on likability. Read full review
70
Village VoiceElla Taylor
What's not to love about a movie in which thousands of rodents stand together against a Big Wave generated by TV-watching soccer fans flushing their toilets at halftime? Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
This delightful computer animation is less twee than Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, with more action and a broader American sensibility. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
Flushed Away has a wicked, smart, and subtle sense of humor. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
This computer-animated feature rivals "Cars" for the year's most visually exciting cartoon, but watch your step - most of the movie takes place in the London sewers, where the script may have been conceived. Read full review
63
PremiereLaine Ewen
Though Flushed Away certainly aims to please viewers of all ages, it’s the anglophiles of all ages who are going to get the most out of the film. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Parents will while away the time in moderate boredom until the film unexpectedly springs to life in its midsection, then just as abruptly goes back to sleep. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
After the fourth electrocution gag, the 10th smack in the face and the 12th assault on a wee rodent crotch, we could all use something quiet. Read full review
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