Sleepworthy for Adults; Enjoyable for Kids

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2013)

Let's face it. Any nicely animated film will entertain the children and this one does the task. The animation is well done and the voices are also well done. The children will recognize the characters from nursery rhymes--Puss in Boots, Humpty Dumpty, Jack & Jill, The Golden Goose, the Magic Beans/Giant, etc. They will be entertained and probably want to watch it again. It does the trick.
Adults have also grown accustomed to seeing animated films that work on two levels since the days of Bugs Bunny. So many of these films have in jokes and double entendres and wonderful cultural references. The plot moves beautifully and the dialog keeps us entertained while we have to watch a children's movie. Unfortunately, this is not the case. If I had to rate this solely from an adult's point of view, I'd rate it a 2. It's pretty painful. You can actually predict the dialog. There is little of interest. No bones thrown our way to acknowledge that we have to sit and watch this with the young ones. Well, there's some nice dance moves, but that's about it. So, watch it in the background and have some cards.