Megamind Reviews

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Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
December 10, 2010
It's a sassy comedy with a lot of one-liners, some of which apparently came from improvisation between Ferrell and Fey, both in good vocal form. The quality of animation is outstanding, as you would expect.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
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Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)
December 8, 2010
A full-bodied, busy-as-heck, funny-as-heck comedy adventure from Dreamworks that merrily riffs -- in its own fractured way -- on the Superman legend.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
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Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
December 8, 2010
If you understand what it's trying to do, you will like it a good deal better than if you don't.
Original Score: 3/5
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Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
December 2, 2010
Good stuff, up to a point, but nothing like the passion and brilliance of The Incredibles or Toy Story.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
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Benjamin Lee
Little White Lies
December 2, 2010
A fun ride but just that.
Original Score: 3/5
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David Jenkins
Time Out
December 1, 2010
For a film whose stock in trade are tongue-in-cheek reversals of comic-book cliché, it too often settles for trite audience-pleasing.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
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Bruce Diones
New Yorker
November 15, 2010
The fast-paced wisecracks and ironic asides that are the studio's hallmark help to push the film past the lumpy, generic storytelling.
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Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
November 5, 2010
No doubt some of it is charming enough to induce giggles in its preteen target audience... What's needed is a narrative invention to match the technical invention.
Full Review | Original Score: B-
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Tom Long
Detroit News
November 5, 2010
You'll enjoy it. And then you'll forget it.
Full Review | Original Score: B-
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Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
November 5, 2010
The story's the thing. And this one is as subtly deep as it is ridiculously fun.
Original Score: 3.5/4
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Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
November 5, 2010
I do love Ferrell, whose absurdist man-child routine has always been a matter of taste.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Bob Mondello
NPR
November 5, 2010
The kiddie set can chortle at Megamind's slapstick and its goofy one-upmanship while adults get a kick out of all the smart spatial tricks that highlight the 3-D effects.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10
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Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
November 5, 2010
Small children are likely to be disappointed by the paucity of silly slapstick or bathroom gags, while their older siblings will probably fidget at the lack of scares.
Original Score: 2.5/4
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Lou Lumenick
New York Post
November 5, 2010
This animated feature is what Yogi Berra called "déjà vu all over again," its shopworn premise most recently having served the marginally better "Despicable Me" this summer.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
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Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
November 5, 2010
"Megamind" is a smart, funny and original treat. Sweet enough to deliver a message about creating your own destiny, but with just enough sour grapes not to cloy, the movie delivers pure pleasure from start to finish.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
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Stephen Holden
New York Times
November 5, 2010
A witty 3-D animated deconstruction of superhero movies.
Original Score: 3/5
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Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
November 5, 2010
The plot is rich, the execution poor.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
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Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
November 4, 2010
What this raucous 3D animated fun house lacks in originality (think bastard child of The Incredibles and Despicable Me) it makes up for in visual and vocal wit.
Original Score: 2.5/4
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Josh Levin
Slate
November 4, 2010
Mostly, the jokes and the recurrent attempts to tweak the superhero genre serve as a reminder that somebody else has already done it better.
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Joy Tipping
Dallas Morning News
November 4, 2010
Ferrell, Fey and Hill acquit themselves hilariously, and Cross steals the movie as Minion.
Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5
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