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Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 74 Fresh: 23  Rotten:51 Average Rating: 4.6/10
 
Consensus: Bland, unoriginal, and lacking the wit of the TV series, Hey Arnold is a 30 min cartoon stretched beyond its running time.
 

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Runtime: 76 mins

Theatrical Release: Jun 28, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $13,590,494

Synopsis: The popular Nickelodeon cartoon HEY ARNOLD! gets its big screen animation debut with this feature, directed by Tuck Tucker. The plot finds the kid with the "football-shaped head" (Arnold, voiced by Spence Klein) working overtime to save his New York City neighborhood. Paul Sorvino... The popular Nickelodeon cartoon HEY ARNOLD! gets its big screen animation debut with this feature, directed by Tuck Tucker. The plot finds the kid with the "football-shaped head" (Arnold, voiced by Spence Klein) working overtime to save his New York City neighborhood. Paul Sorvino supplies the voice of the sinister corporate bad guy Scheck, who intends to bulldoze Arnold's block in order to make room for a shopping "mall-plex." With the adults too passive to lift a finger in their own defense (or else profiting from the deal), it is up to Arnold to devise a plan. Luckily he has friends to help him out, like Gerald (Jamil Walker Smith) and Helga (Francesca Smith)--the abusive little girl who harbors a secret crush on him. Arnold develops a crush of his own, on Bridget (Jennifer Jason Leigh), the slinky local super hero who helps him out with a little industrial espionage. Other recognizable voices include Christopher Lloyd and Dan Castallenata (Homer on THE SIMPSONS) as Arnold's Grandpa Phil. The simple, colorful animation and amiable story should make it a hit with young children already enthralled by the television show. Series creator Craig Bartlett cowrote the script with Steve Viksten. [More]

Genre: Childrens

Starring: Spencer Klein, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd, Jamil Smith, Paul Sorvino

Director: Tuck Tucker
Screenwriter: Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten
Producer: Craig Bartlett, Albie Hecht
Composer: Jim Lang

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Dec 31, 2002

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Pic has lots of charm, and parents in attendance won't feel too bored or alienated by its goings-on, while kids will lap it up.

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05/20/08
Scott Foundas
Variety
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The simplistic drawing is closer to Peanuts than The Lion King, and the dialogue is strangely anachronistic.

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05/20/08
Ted Shen
Chicago Reader
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2/5

Arnold has his place on the small screen, but here his attempts to save his neighbourhood from corporate takeover seem overextended.

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12/30/06
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
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The coloured pencil tones and quirky-looking characters are likeable, and the plot cuts the sentimentalism with sarky wit and minimum schmaltz.

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02/09/06
Time Out
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If this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards, more power to it.

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05/24/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Apollo Guide
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Hey Arnold is a film that kids and adults will enjoy.

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05/13/03
Wilson Morales
BlackFilm.com
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03/07/03
Sydney Morning Herald
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1.5/5

...This film really has no business in theatres.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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1/5

Arnold's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces.

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01/16/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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2/5

Amiable and good-natured stuff for younger kids, I suppose, but nothing to get hugely excited about.

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01/06/03
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Another solid addition to the Nickelodeon cinema canon.

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12/24/02
FilmFour.com
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The charm of Hey Arnold lies in its wacky characters who delight by their off-beat kooky humour in this David and Goliath story about saving the neighbourhood.

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12/08/02
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Die-hard fans will love it, but, despite being mildly diverting and inoffensive, nothing special leaps off the screen.

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12/08/02
Danny Graydon
BBC
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2/4

There is nothing terribly wrong with Hey Arnold!, but neither is there anything special enough to set it apart from what its fans see on TV all the time.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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09/20/02
Orlando Weekly
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It's an unspectacular, unexciting movie, to be sure. But what's relevant is whether it will entertain kids. Will it? I don't know; I'm not one.

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09/18/02
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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2/5

Inoffensive and sporadically funny, its chief charm is Arnold's ridiculous noggin, and that's not saying much.

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09/15/02
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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A dull and plodding cartoon with barely enough story for a half-hour episode of the TV series.

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08/01/02
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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07/15/02
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)
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5/10

Unambitious writing emerges in the movie, using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook.

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07/12/02
Jeffrey Chen
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