The Hero of Color City

Name: The Hero of Color City
Genre: Animation, Family
Released: October 3, 2014
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Christina Ricci, Craig Ferguson, Jessica Capshaw, Owen Wilson, Rosie Perez

2014

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: October 3, 2014 | G

Starring: Christina Ricci, Craig Ferguson, Jessica Capshaw, Owen Wilson, Rosie Perez, Sean Astin, Wayne Brady

Summary: Each night, when Ben falls asleep, his Crayons' magical Crayon Box transports them to Color City, a world of dazzling hues, soaring fantasy and the whimsy of childhood. When Yellow is accidentally left behind in Ben's room, she awakens two Unfinished Drawings: King Scrawl, a huge monster, and Gnat, Scrawl's sidekick. They follow Yellow toEach night, when Ben falls asleep, his Crayons' magical Crayon Box transports them to Color City, a world of dazzling hues, soaring fantasy and the whimsy of childhood. When Yellow is accidentally left behind in Ben's room, she awakens two Unfinished Drawings: King Scrawl, a huge monster, and Gnat, Scrawl's sidekick. They follow Yellow to Color City and claim the enchanted Rainbow Waterfall and all of its color for themselves. Soon Color City will fade and disappear. It's up to Yellow and her pals, Blue, Green, Red, and the twins, Black and White, to save the day. Meeting with fantastical creatures and fun adventures along the way, Yellow discovers she has more courage than she knew and learns to believe in herself and to count on the support of her friends. [Magnolia Pictures]… Expand

Director: Frank Gladstone

Genre(s): Animation, Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 77 min

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Sherilyn Connelly

Sep 30, 2014

Frank Gladstone's animated kids' movie The Hero of Color City is a perfectly pleasant pastiche of other movies, the most obvious antecedent being the Toy Story films. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Oct 1, 2014

For parents of very young children looking for a weekend distraction, “Color City” is passable fare — and will at least inspire kiddies to finish what they start, coloring-wise. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Oct 3, 2014

A weak "Toy Story"-esque animated film for preschool kids made with little imagination, little art, and even less soul. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Oct 1, 2014

Color City is thin gruel, even by recent, weaker Pixar standards. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Oct 3, 2014

Even if you allow for the the fact that the film is geared towards the 5-year-old set, it's still a pretty dreary experience, made even more so by screamingly vivid colors, uninspiring animation and grating songs. Read full review

Bill Zwecker

Oct 2, 2014

The best thing about The Hero of Color City is its good voice talent — and its running time of only 77 minutes. Other than that, this is a pretty lame computer-generated animated movie that will likely not engage kids much past the first grade. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Sep 30, 2014

No cartoon has ever conveyed the struggle for self-actualization with such an inexpressive sense of imagination as this cheap and glorified babysitter. Read full review

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TheLonelyCritic

Jun 28, 2016

This movie really should've been dead on arrival, but to be honest....I was pleasantly surprised. Nice animation, a clever story, some interesting plot points and a unique idea, this movie is better than it had any right to be. It's not spectacular, but if it was on again, I'd re-watch it.

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TRANSFORMERSFAN

Mar 11, 2021

a big ripoff of toy story! and one of the worst animated movies of 2014! i give this movie a 1/10

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Metaisaac

Feb 22, 2019

Unforgettable? 1 viewing later. This movie is bland and boring. 3 hours later. That crayon movie looks bad. At least I didn't watch it! You did said ???. I did? Yes! The movie was forgettable? Yes!

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