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The first thing that will strike you is how absolutely lush it is visually; the pastel landscape is utterly iridescent by day, and star-dusted luminous by night.

The runt of a bountiful litter.

The humour remains below the waist, dominated by Ferrell’s overbearing machismo

A pleasantly entertaining film which will amuse children without greatly distressing adults. What's unfortunate is that it isn't nearly as entertaining as it ought to be.

The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

As usual with Pixar the film operates on twin levels - with one part going straight over the heads and minds of its junior target audience and the other heading directly to their parents.

Uneven, but never less than entertaining.

In the long standing tradition of MOR liteweight comedy, sentiment oozes through the gaps between testicle crunching and mom devotion

Films that find alcoholism funny, encouraging the kind of behavior that would give Gramps a heart attack, are kicking at an open door

Natural talent cannot entirely make up for lack of training and experience.