Rousing in an old pulp science fiction sort of way, but the climactic scene transcends the rest, and stands by itself as one of the great animated action sequences.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
A monumental treat as well as a crafty assemblage of mythologies.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Desmond Ryan
Unfortunately for Disney, the real obstacle confronting the submarine isn't the giant lobster. It's a foul-smelling ogre, and it's no contest.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
For all its handsomeness, the movie reveals a few cobwebs beginning to gather at the conceptual edges of the Disney animations.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Story line and characterization are decidedly old-fashioned, and a curious decision about production design gives this wide-screen cartoon some of the look and feel of a Saturday morning TV cartoon seriesRead Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Has my eye, seduced by the devious and tactile delights of ''Shrek,'' already evolved in tandem with the technological leaps in computer animation? Or is Atlantis simply a Disney dud?Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
What Atlantis gains in chills and thrills, it loses in pure emotion.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
For the most part, the movie's a bland disappointment, on many levels.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
The result is cutesy but harsh, a hybrid of saucer-eyed anime and square-jawed angularity that brings to mind an edgier "Pokemon."Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ed Park
The bulk of the Atlantis scenes in situ are as involving as a chakra workshop.Read Full Review »
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