Not suitable for kids under 7 in my honest opinion!

Rating: 4/10 (6 March 2011)

I went to see this movie under extreme protest and it was OK - I didn't like the type of animation used, nor the western theme, but it had an OK story and even though it was pretty formulaic I can certainly see it appealing to a certain type of audience.
I have to say a lot of the themes, language and jokes were simply not kid friendly at all - I had little kids with me as it was only PG rated and they were really, really bored by about 45 minutes in. Two of them actually left with their parent and I saw a lot of other parents with small (toddler - Kindergarten age) kids exiting about an hour in.
So, this movie won the box office for sure this week, but I think a lot of parents who waited will not want to go next week when they talk to their friends who will say it is definitely an older kids movie - I'd say honestly 8-10 and upwards.
I think this was a solid entry into animation for the director who may be carving his niche by the way his movies are animated - it's not pretty animation, it's not at all cutesie - personally I found it very unappealing visually. But, Tim Burton makes movies that are equally unappealing to me that are loved by his solid core of fans - I think this would appeal to Tim Burton fans a lot.
All in all, not an enjoyable movie experience for me - I felt like the plot was a little thin and by the end of the 90 or so minutes I was SO glad it was over.
I can't wait for Cars 2 to come out in May - now that movie will appeal to me visually - I'm a Pixar groupie, no wonder this one wasn't my style really.
Read some of the other reviews on here, but heed my warning - don't take your under 8's - their whining when they are bored gets very tedious!