Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (19 November 2006)

I saw the previews and it made me smile every time I saw it. I thought it was going to be very funny and extremely entertaining. Instead, it was just a visually appealing cartoon that bored my grandkids and was a disjointed waste of time and money. They would have preferred to see Cars (I never saw) or Nemo again. The movie took a long time to really get started and then had about 20 minutes that looked promising but never delivered. Perhaps I was expecting too much (I was hoping for a "Nemo") but my grandchildren, ages 5 and 6, happiest moments were just before the movie started when they were all excited about the dancing penguins and when the credits rolled up so they could go home. I know it's not working when the boys ask me if this is going to be over soon. In all honestly, I like it much better than they did. And I mainly liked part of it because I was impressed with the CG. Do yourself a favor and wait for the DVD. That way you can pause it and it won't seem so painfully long.