Good for what it is, but certainly not top 250 material

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2012)

Better than most Pixar's films and perhaps the best film that Dreamworks ever made, it is a high quality family entertainment that sometimes has the feeling of a video game and other times uses common plot clichés to advance the story. To small kids unfamiliar with older films this picture would appear excellent but to someone expecting some innovative creativity this film fails. It is a very well executed cliché film. Very good for kids and parents who don't know much about films.
For something truly extraordinary in terms of family oriented animation, well, watch My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service.
But it doesn't work very well for someone who has more experience watching films. Feels similar to the 2012 Batman film (Dark Knight Rises) in these terms.