Review: , but slow 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the jokes are sophomoric , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: ... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs