A Dull First Hour and a Mildly Fun Second

Rating: 5/10 (8 November 2004)

This is probably the least of the Pixar films, not at all for young children, who will be bored out of their minds during the extremely long set-up to a second half filled with pretty clever action. Fans of comic book superheroes will enjoy it the most, the rest will forget it about five seconds after leaving the theater. Good vocal work all around, some clever design elements, the character animation is up to par. The script could have used some work, better pacing, a bit more fun early on. This is nowhere in the league of "The Iron Giant," which was Brad Bird's last feature, and written by Tim McCanlies from the wonderful book. Here we have an okay super-hero story that looks good.