I don't get it!

Rating: 9/10 (26 September 2008)

For the most part all the reviews I have seen are fairly positive, which they should be. What I don't understand is all the people complaining about a "lack of substance" and it's the "same old children's movie".
Isn't that sort of the point here, folks? Children's movies aren't supposed to be groundbreaking, cinematic, deep movies that make you think really, really hard about the meaning. They're supposed to entertain children and their parents. I think this movie does it quite nicely. I just saw this movie with a few friends on a college campus and the crowd ranged from probably 3 to 50 with the majority of the audience in the 18-25 range (it is a college campus after all) and I heard some of the loudest laughs I have ever heard at a movie while watching this. I thought the jokes were very well thought out and the punchlines delivered by the actors very nicely.
I think it time for people to stop with their unrealistic expectations of a children's movie. It isn't going to be as deep as you want it to be, because it is meant for a 5-10 year old to understand. The target audience is not a 35 year old who had to drag their kids to the movies, although the jokes are still very funny.
Well done to the actors and the graphics people on making a very enjoyable flick!