Review: some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but overall the film never rises above mediocrity . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus 
Sentiment: negative

Review: was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body 
Sentiment: negative

Review: with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half 
Sentiment: negative


Review: lame and sophomoric