"Not that great" says 3 kids and dad

Rating: 4/10 (13 November 2008)

I took three kids, a boy aged 8, a girl aged 8, and a girl age 5. I'll spare you the plot. The boy gave it three stars out of four, but then again, he is amazed by the smallest of things and is lucky to get outside. He laughed some, and then left his hat inside the theater. The 8 year old girl gave it one star. She's a little dour, but she was right when she said it was boring. Since when does an 8 year old think any G or PG animated movie is boring? When it is. "But you laughed at parts" I said. "That was during the previews, dad." The five year old give it two stars. She's the level-headed one. She got really bored in the middle part. She woke me up to go to the bathroom. I haven't fallen asleep at the movies since I brought a date to some Merchant-Ivory film fifteen years ago. As for me, I give it two stars. The movie takes all the funny characters from the first movie, the lemurs, the penguins, and even the grandma, and gives them all bigger parts. Trouble is, they were funny in the first movie because they were used sparingly. Now that you are hit over the head with them, they lose their humor quick, especially the over-used grandma. And the rest of the characters are tired. No memorable songs, no memorable lines. Maybe they were jammed packed in the middle when I was sawing wood. Doubt it though. Sorry, this one's a rainy-day rental.