a rare miss for Pixar

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2011)

I am a huge Pixar fan - HUGE! But this one is definitely a relative miss. The plot is ridiculous, it has tons of inconsistencies, the story is weak, I didn't feel much for any of the characters, it portrays the worst stereotypes, manages to make city people look stupid AND also makes country folk look stupid, etc. etc.
There are some amusing jokes, and the visuals are gorgeous as usual for Pixar films, but that's about all I can put in the Pros column for this movie.
Even the best artists in the world sometimes produce a dud. I hope that's what really happened here, because the alternative is that this was just designed to be a cash-in movie.