Passionate, irrational, long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula, Helga figures prominently in this movie, and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats.
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Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:23
Rotten:53
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.
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... [More]
Starring: Spencer Klein, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd, Jamil Smith
Director: Tuck Tucker
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Reviews for Hey Arnold! The Movie
Comes off as a bland and uninspired 'full length' version of one of the show's various episodes.
06/28/02
It is great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters.
06/28/02
Its plot and animation offer daytime TV serviceability, but little more.
06/28/02
Kids surely will like it. And for adults, it's perfectly watchable in a Rugrats-y sort of way.
06/28/02
Its makers coast along on the assumption that kids who like the show will drag their parents to the multiplex -- whether the film is any good or not.
06/28/02
The animation itself, while stylized, is fairly cheap and drab-looking on the big screen. All of those are merely adult complaints and minor ones compared to the good aspects of Hey Arnold!.
06/28/02
Sweet and inoffensive.
06/28/02
Hey Arnold! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago, and parents' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing.
06/28/02
Top CriticThe movie is hopelessly bland.
06/28/02
Craig Bartlett and director Tuck Tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters.
06/28/02
Though it feels at times like a direct-to-video release, director Tuck Tucker's movie is still well-paced and funny.
06/28/02
Lacks depth.
06/28/02
Adults won't find the film nearly as amusing as your 8 year old.
06/28/02
Formulaic yet funky.
06/28/02
There's no better role model than Arnold - animated or otherwise. He's a good kid, who always looks on the bright side.
06/28/02
This tale offers little more wit or charm than just another episode of the TV series.
06/28/02
The movie feels like a long-form version of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series on which it's based, which probably won't bother Arnold fans.
06/28/02
Hey Arnold! is now stretched to barely feature length, with a little more attention paid to the animation. Still, the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett's story is appealing.
06/28/02
Top CriticI am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows, but Hey Arnold! The Movie is clever, offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance.
06/28/02
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