A snooze but harmless for kiddies

Rating: 3/10 (15 February 2011)

Unless watching with children, don't waste your time.
The story: reduced to 20 minutes and given an edgy attitude, perhaps it would be at least a a candidate for South Park. At 90 G-rated minutes, it's a wearisome barrage of clichés. The nerdy teen who triumphs after all is beyond shopworn. The hopeful but incompetent young lady might not be sexist if she weren't also such an embarrassing cliché.
Animation: positive proof that full-scale computer animation doesn't add value by itself. Not an original image in the lot. The town cop is the only character drawing with wit. Hey: even Ice Age had the squirrel!
Performances: routine Saturday morning level. For contrast, listen to The Incredibles or Up! for a few minutes with the sound off.
Overall: Harmless time-passer at the Barbie/hello kitty/smiley face level.