Pixar has nothing to worry about

Rating: 4/10 (21 February 2011)

This is what happens when the film-makers think that the audience will only be very small children who will only notice sounds and colours. A relatively small amount of script rewrite could have risen this film to the level of Pixar's greatest achievements. The premise is interesting, and the rest of the talent involved is top notch.
But as it stands, it's a lot of very lazy internal illogic an inattention to detail.
Pixar writers would have cleaned it up before one cel of animation was generated or one line of dialogue was recorded. And such improvements would not make it harder to understand for very small children.
Dreamworks is a microcosm of what I don't like about Spielberg. He's a very competent director in many aspects, but there's a "suck factor" that seems to invade much of what he touches.
Could it be that the thing that costs the least and requires the least amount of technology (writing) is placed way too low as a priority?