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Delgo (2008)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 38

Delgo features a blend of plot elements from earlier (and superior) fantasy films, with weaker animation and dull characters.

Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 13

Delgo features a blend of plot elements from earlier (and superior) fantasy films, with weaker animation and dull characters.

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Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, and Val Kilmer all lend their voices to this animated fantasy adventure set in a magical world divided by fear. As two dueling civilizations prepare to unleash the dogs of war, it's up to one troubled adolescent and his unlikely friends to save their world from unspeakable destruction. Chris Kattan, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds, Kelly Ripa, and Sally Kellerman co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

PG, 1 hr. 29 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Animation

Directed By: Marc F. Adler , Jason Maurer

Written By: Scott Biear, Patrick Cowan, Carl Dream, Jennifer A. Jones, Jason Maurer

In Theaters: Dec 12, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Aug 4, 2009

Box Office:$0.5M

Freestyle Releasing

Although the film may be too violent for kids younger than 10 and too storybook for teens, it is a tale of mythic pretensions and can be quite stunning.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Jane Horwitz

Washington Post

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The story is tedious, noisy and banal. It is also rather dark and convoluted for children, though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

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This flick is like a cheap thriller where the wisecracks always fall flat and the author couldn't be bothered to invent a new plot, so he just patches together some old ones.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

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There isn't enough action for older children, or silly humor for younger ones; even at an hour-and-a-half, the film feels padded, and it's going to feel even slower to audiences amped up on blood-red Icees and molar-cracking Nonpareils.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

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A few magic rocks and tepid battle scenes do little to inspire interest in the goings-on as Malcolm McDowell and Eric Idle spout villainy and punch lines, respectively.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

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Delgo demonstrates how hard it is to create a memorable, credible-looking piece of animated entertainment.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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The problems with Delgo aren't isolated, and that's what makes things bad. The problems filter through every aspect of the movie.

March 2, 2011 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

A dull retread. ... Not even the film's easily enchanted target audience -- that is, children -- are likely to stay under the spell for long.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune

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Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

How do you go ten years and not notice how lousy your script is?

September 7, 2009 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

An unimaginative plot with dull characters that aren't as endearing or memorable as they could have been.

January 31, 2009 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Sleep-inducing and yet excessively violent, "Delgo" is a highly directive and bloated piece of animated sci-fi set in a fantastical world that never captures the imagination.

December 31, 2008 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

The crude, not-so-state-of-the-art animation and artwork all too clearly show the film's 2001 start date.

December 30, 2008 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

As hard on the eyes as it is on the brain.

December 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

Just try figuring out the audience for the movie, because the violence is too much for kids under 8, while anyone over 8 will be turned off by the idiotic humor.

December 19, 2008 Comment

Sean Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Even though some of the action is fun and the world is imaginative, it loses points for having a horrible comic relief character that derails the fun.

December 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Sin Magazine

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Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

I'm not saying it's a Christmas miracle. What I am saying is that the new animated movie 'Delgo' and 'The Bells of St. Mary's' have something in common.

December 14, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)

Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

If the cast is too large or filled with name actors (often many of which are heading down the has-been road), the film is going to suck.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Shoddily animated adventure is too violent for young kids.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Indifferently produced with on-the-cheap CGI animation, Delgo has gathered a B-name voice cast that competently moves the story along but doesn't distinguish it in any way.

December 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Pete Hammond

Boxoffice Magazine

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Well, I couldn't not watch the greatest box-office flop of all time. Ever heard of Delgo? Probably not, it came, it went and that was all. Delgo tells the story of two waring races and how tensions rise when the Princess of one side goes missing. It's a typical fantasy plot. The animation is nowhere near the quality

August 21, 2009

Luke Baldock

Super Reviewer

I really wanted to see this one... but disappointment was huge after doing it! I think that this story and the way it was set up is more for comics than for a film. Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, and Val Kilmer all lend their voices to this animated fantasy adventure set in a magical world

September 27, 2011

Panta Oz

Super Reviewer

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