Funny, but does not reach greatness

Rating: 4/10 (24 April 2003)

This was a nice film, it was funny and so on but it had a major flaw: It embraces many classic Hollywood clichÃ©s. At points it is almost too much with all the classic plot evolution that can be found in a not insignificant number of other titles, mostly found in the adventure and action genres.
The dialog was witty in a very characteristic Hollywood manner and if you don't like that this film might get a little annoying but not impossible to watch.
The animation is surprisingly cubistic for a film made in 2002 and that could be allright if it were a stylistic move but that is not obvious from the film. If you compare it to such resent computer animated films as "Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within" and "Shrek", both are by the way made before Ice Age, you will probably be disappointed if you wanted a brilliantly animated film.
With this I want to say that this is a nice film, worth the time to watch but does not give much more than an average Hollywood production.