Good FX, some funny lines, the rest sucked

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2004)

I know this is a cartoon and not supposed to do more than mildly entertain an adult, but this one tries too hard for some sort of meaningful emotional plot between the red thing and some mousy wench -- the history of which relationship we are told absolutely nothing. It's all very mysterious and presumably supposed to be profound, I suppose, but I found it rather annoying. It could be that the writing and editing was just phenomenally rotten, but it looks like all this silliness was on purpose.
The CGI (or whatever they did the FX with) was exceptional, and almost worth the price of the rental. However, the production just couldn't seem to decide whether it was just kiddie-action cartoon stuff or an actual movie. I couldn't either, so I quit about three-quarters of the way through.
It may just be an age thing. To me, and most other baby-boomers, comics were just kid things, not to be taken seriously by adults. Aside from the Simpsons and South Park, almost all the rest just seems to juvenile to bother with.
I give it a 3, and then only with reluctance.