Ramona and Beezus Reviews
February 18, 2012
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| Original Score: B+
January 31, 2011
Original Score: 2/4
October 24, 2010
Only a twisted, seriously sad individual could have a problem with this sunny tween comedy, which I hated.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 22, 2010
Despite everyone's efforts, Ramona comes across as an insufferably spoilt and attention-seeking little horror.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 21, 2010
Nothing to frighten the horses, as they say, or interest or entertain them much, either.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 20, 2010
Fans of the Ramona Quimby books will be disappointed, but tween girls will love it.
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| Original Score: 2/5
August 13, 2010
A film for kids trying far too hard to appeal to their parents.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
July 30, 2010
Refreshingly anti-princess and sweet without degrading into sugary, Ramona and Beezus animates Ramona's frequent flights of fancy with DIY-like sequences that literalize, quite charmingly, how a kid colors the world.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
July 28, 2010
At over 100 minutes, Ramona and Beezus is a hefty cinematic effort to get through, especially considering how audience-surveyed and clichéd the film proves
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
July 26, 2010
It's something that you would not be unhappy seeing on television, [but] there's nothing that calls it for you to go see it on the big-screen.
July 23, 2010
Honesty about the difficulties, both large and small, of being part of a family is what Ramona and Beezus does best, even if the rough and dangerous edges have been filed down.
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| Original Score: 5/10
July 23, 2010
Allen's direction is bright and imaginative; particularly enjoyable are the movie's occasional flights of fancy.
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| Original Score: 3/4
July 23, 2010
Joey King will bounce back.
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| Original Score: 2/4
July 23, 2010
The film tries to appeal to audiences of all ages, and for the most part "reels you in like a sea bass," as Ramona would say.
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| Original Score: 3/4
July 23, 2010
[Ramona] deserves better treatment, fairer justice, than she gets in Ramona and Beezus, for no other reason than she's the best thing in it: a rambunctious, bright-eyed mighty mouse with a kaleidoscopic wardrobe and an imagination to match.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
July 23, 2010
Sure, the film's reality may be saccharine, but for a non-computer animated, non-3D kid's film, we'll take it.
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| Original Score: B-
July 23, 2010
Ramona and Beezus has enough charm to forgive it an unnecessary foray onto romantic-comedy turf.
Original Score: 2.5/4
July 23, 2010
It's always a challenge for actors to meet the expectations readers have in their heads. These performances offer pleasure throughout.
Original Score: 4.5/5
July 23, 2010
Parents may also be happy to see a movie for children that doesn't involve wizards, vampires or action figures that can be bought in the food court.
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| Original Score: 3/5
July 23, 2010
Successful on its own terms in its refusal to talk down to its pre-teen audience and through the massive future star-power of its talented young stars.