Harold and the Purple Crayon

Name: Harold and the Purple Crayon
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: August 2, 2024
Rating: 34
Cast: Brady Ryan, Camille Guaty, Catherine Davis, Daisha Hines, Danny Vinson

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: August 2, 2024 | PG

Starring: Brady Ryan, Camille Guaty, Catherine Davis, Daisha Hines, Danny Vinson, Elizabeth Becka, Elizabeth Carlile, Grace Junot, Hillary Anne Harley, Lauren Halperin, LilRel Howery, Lisa Jacobs, Marcia Adams, Mike Benitez, Niquitta S. Wolfe, Olive Raine Cleope, Pete Gardner, Ravi Patel, Seth Zane Robbins, Tanya Reynolds, Wes Jetton, Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Zuhair Ahmed

Summary: A young boy named Harold embarks on a magical mission with the help of his purple crayon

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jul 31, 2024

This bright children’s adventure, loosely adapted from a picture book about a young boy whose drawings become real, feels like the sort of thing Jim Carrey might have made in his first flush of success. It’s silly, relentlessly amiable, and embraces the low-stakes playfulness of its conceit. Read full review

Collider Jeff Ewing

Jul 31, 2024

It is a somewhat decent movie hampered by so many preventable oversights and missteps. Read full review

Kaitlyn Huamani

Jul 31, 2024

Even if the book’s story has been told and the movie’s format has been done before, a movie that reminds us to be imaginative — and that delivers some imaginative visuals to boot — can’t really get old. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jul 31, 2024

The film ends with an overly spelled-out plea for the value of “imagination,” but about the only thing the filmmakers are drawing with their purple crayon is algorithms. Read full review

Empire Helen O'Hara

Jul 31, 2024

It’s well-intentioned and manages some nicely judged messaging by the end, but Harold’s mugging and his animal companions’ antics aren’t nearly as cute as the film thinks they are. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Aug 1, 2024

The charming, gentle simplicity of the book, with its childlike art, has been displaced by a mania for digital images and frantic attempts to be funny. This crayon should have been left in its box. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Aug 2, 2024

Here is a film that pays lip service to the importance of creativity without ever displaying a demonstrable shred of it during its seemingly interminable run time. Read full review

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