Not worth the money...

Rating: 6/10 (19 June 2005)

Took the kids. Thought I might enjoy it too. The theater was jam-packed (Sun PM matinÃ©e) but we heard none of the huge laughs we got with Finding Nemo or something like that. It was just -- alright. It felt like they were trying too hard. The humor was forced and the story choppy. There was a complete lack of character development. The characters had no charm and were hardly even likable. It also lacked any real message and the problem within the film was not resolved in a satisfactory manner. It felt like I was watching a bunch of sort-of-funny vignettes that some animators had strung together. The only fun and interesting characters were the lemurs. In fact, if they had made THEM the stars of the film, it might have been a better picture. As it is I spent $50 between tickets and popcorn and candy etc etc. Should have waited for the DVD...even the kids were bored.