Disappointing for anyone over the age of 6

Rating: 5/10 (1 January 2007)

From seeing the trailers and looking at the impressive list of actors attached to this film, I thought I'd be seeing something entertaining. It wasn't. The movie relies too much on familiarity of the songs and cutesy animation. The story- actually, for the entire first hour, there is NO STORY. It seems like just a bunch of different scenes put together for no apparent reason. Only in the last half hour does the film finally seem to have a point- environmental issues.
Admittedly, the message of them film is a very good one for children to hear. I think this film will work for very small children under the age of 6, and I highly recommend it for them. But for me and my friend (aged 18 and 19, respectively), it nearly bored us to pieces.
One highlight: the first musical number was very cute, and the allusions to Elvis (the father, "Memphis") and Marilyn Monroe (the mother,"Norma Jean") and being together was a great idea! But the film didn't do it for me. 5 out of 10.