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06/28/02
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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
Just sit back, count the movie references, and be thankful you're not watching Snow Dogs.
06/28/02
It will likely produce the same effect on your kids that it did on the tykes in our large audience -- it lulled many of them to sleep.
06/28/02
As unimaginative as its title and far too long at 74 minutes.
06/27/02
A step up from Jimmy Neutron and two steps down from The Rugrats features.
06/27/02
Top CriticThis may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar.
06/27/02
Top CriticArnold is like a Little Leaguer struggling to hit the ball. It swings high, it swings low, but it never connects or seems to establish who its target is.
06/27/02
Unfortunately, it's also not very good. Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie.
06/27/02
Top CriticOffers enough compelling dramatic moments and adventure to keep Arnold fans entertained.
06/27/02
Static, repetitive, muddy and blurry, Hey Arnold! would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year.
06/27/02
Thoroughly enjoyable.
06/27/02
A drab jumble of meaningless action, dull characters and animation as flat and superficial as its story.
06/27/02
An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10, but it's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald's, let alone some savvy street activism.
06/27/02
Top Critic`Hey Arnold!' has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere.
06/27/02
Commits the cardinal sin in a children's film: it's boring.
06/25/02
The mantra behind the project seems to have been 'it's just a kids' flick.' Translation: 'We don't need to try very hard.'
06/25/02
The story has little wit and no surprises.
06/24/02
Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation cannot engage.
06/24/02
Rudimentary animation and a less-than-witty screenplay result in a film that plays like a simple installment of the series.
05/13/02
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