Gnomeo and Juliet
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: February 11, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
13
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 10, 2011
This lively little film, a comic take on Shakespeare's tragedy, is really entertaining. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFeb 10, 2011
This gently amusing, genuinely sweet animated film makes you smile from start to finish? Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondFeb 9, 2011
Kids will fall in love with it as a movie treat full of heart, laughs and fantastic songs, and it could have crossover appeal as a Valentine date night treat thanks to all its pointy-hatted romance. Read full review
75
Washington PostSean O\\\\\\\'ConnellFeb 11, 2011
Any film that dares to cast the bat-chewing heavy-metal legend as a gentle, ceramic reindeer named Fawn is okay in my Bard book. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsFeb 11, 2011
Stays too low to the ground to become an animated classic, but if there's a fairer midwinter's tale, wherefore art thou? Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrFeb 10, 2011
It has its own bizarre charms and a breezy confidence that renders it the very definition of a simple pleasure. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 9, 2011
A welcome dose of honest silliness at a time when most family-oriented toons settle for smart-alecky. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 9, 2011
The voices are outstanding; the story demands British accents, and with such people as Caine and Smith providing them, so much the better. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFeb 9, 2011
Every movie about cuddly dwarf statues in an English garden should have music this big. Read full review
65
NPRBob MondelloFeb 15, 2011
Theatrically inclined parents will also appreciate a passing reference to the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Moving Co. Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 11, 2011
The clever screenplay, co-written by director Kelly Asbury (who co-helmed "Shrek 2"), follows the DreamWorks template of combining pop culture references, sight gags and action for the kids, and more sophisticated humor for adults. Read full review
63
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreFeb 9, 2011
If it's not an unerringly faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's play, it still manages enough wit and charm to come off. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 10, 2011
There is some fun to be found in this goofy riff on Shakespeare. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid HughesFeb 7, 2011
Totally crackers but it gets powered by pure invention and eccentricity alone. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonFeb 10, 2011
Far too much of the film is devoted to eye-rolling pop-culture gags and long montages set to recycled Elton John songs. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallFeb 12, 2011
Terra-cotta gnomes, the sort that decorate people's lawns, are the characters of this bizarre feature animation, which lampoons the British obsession with gardening and upholds a long tradition of cartoons pitched to tots and stoners. Read full review
50
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottFeb 11, 2011
It's not really a Disney film. Rather, this is a product of Starz Animation. It's a key distinction, because -- well, because Starz Animation is no Disney, and it's certainly no Pixar. It proves that here. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyFeb 11, 2011
The movie is nothing if not anxious to please. There's a big, diverse, celebrity voice cast – Maggie Smith, Hulk Hogan and Dolly Parton as well as Caine and Osbourne. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigFeb 10, 2011
A ceramic gnome by any other name is still a kitschy little figure. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaFeb 10, 2011
It's a sorry spectacle, watching garden gnomes being robbed of their dignity. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAaron HillisFeb 10, 2011
The script feels workshopped to death yet still hits only a single broad note of irony-drenched whimsy, but the voice-work sparkles and the action-heavy animation clips along fluidly. There's charm in the backyard, but it's still of a garden variety. Read full review
50
TimeRichard CorlissFeb 10, 2011
The result is a knockoff cinematic ceramic. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenFeb 9, 2011
The movie comes up short on inspiration despite a stellar voice cast that includes James McAvoy and Emily Blunt and a toe-tapping songbook by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerFeb 9, 2011
The movie's overall lack of imagination is the real tragedy. Read full review
40
MovielineStephanie ZacharekFeb 9, 2011
What a dud of a story! You know what it needs to dress it up? Garden gnomes. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliFeb 10, 2011
As weird as it sounds. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 11, 2011
This is perhaps for Shakespeare completists only. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesFeb 10, 2011
Novelty alone does not a good idea make, and in the case of Gnomeo and Juliet, it's rather a disturbing, even fetishy one. Read full review
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