not great, but not awful ...

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2007)

well, most of the national critics panned it, but those here locally were pretty favorable ...
some good moments, just a few really awful.
*** minor spoiler: I'd heard that the song at the Frog King's funeral was in poor taste, I thought it was handled fairly well - however his "conveyence" to the Underworld was *definitely* in poor taste, an ill-timed joke, I believe. I also didn't care for Artie's lil' "scene" with Merlin, but that was the absolute worst for me! END SPOILER ***
I would have loved to have seen the "princesses" developed a further, but all in all, we'll probably wind up adding it to our DVD collection, and I could possibly handle another go at the theater ...
One note, the trailers before were highly inappropriate, we went with our pre-school daughter, and another couple and their daughter, who is the same age. Some of the trailers (Transformers - scary, Simpsons - a tad vulgar, Hot Rod - too Jackass-ish) might give pause to parents' of younger children!!!
But this was by far the BEST Transformers' trailer, and almost cemented the fact that I'll go see it in the theater!