paulclaassen The film was far more interesting before Arthur entered the world of the Minimoys. The moment he enters their world it becomes a roller coaster of silliness and is totally unconvincing. It's actually hard to believe this was written by professionals in the industry. The animation (and the character actions) are very cartoonish. This is definitely not for a mature audience, who will no doubt not find it interesting, credible or exciting.I must mention, though, Freddie Highmore was excellent as usual (in his human form).

trevormcarthur I forgot that this was directed by Luc Besson, but it made sense when his name appeared at the end of the movie. So many of his other films hover between great and disaster, it is inevitable some don't negotiate the dance successfully. The fantasy plot begin to seem paint by numbers rather than original, the live-action acting is occasionally caricature rather than character, the voice overs rushed and seem badly dubbed.On the plus side, the animated characters showed some interesting creativity and there were some good moments between the characters both good and bad. My little kids had a good time, but overall this rates a ... meh! Not one to be remembered.

freakfire-1 I will be honest, I didn't have a lot of expectations for this film. And the first 10 minutes gave me that same expectation. But as it went along, it actually got better.The animation was well done. A child goes to another reality via a telescope and some other things left behind by grandpa three year ago for some rubies buried somewhere. And along the way, other creatures are seen as well.I think the acting chosen for the was a bit mixed. Modanna played the female lead character voice, but a kid played the lead male. You could tell during their dialogue. I thought it should have been more even in the age department.Despite that, it was modestly good. So, it is actually worth giving a shot - especially with the "Evil M". "B-"

dwpollar 1st watched 1/25/2008, 7 out of 10(Dir-Luc Besson): Fun and entertaining live-action/animated movie based on a beloved book. The movie begins as live action explaining that a boy's grandfather is missing and the grandmother, played by Mia Farrow, tells the boy stories that the grandfather had told her about miniature people living in their backyard. Mia's character thinks that she is just telling "stories" but Freddie Highmore's character believes her and pursues how to enter that world to find grandfather and to save the farm that's about to be taken away. After magically being put into the underground miniature world, the story is animated and has a wide variety of memorable and funny characters to keep children and adults interested. What I liked about this movie is that the boy was very confident and understood his purpose from the beginning to the end. His purpose is also very noble and helped the entire family. Besides this, the movie was fun and had some danceable tunes and had a formidable enemy who represented all evil in the movie. The character's voices were not so recognizable except for "Snoop Dogg" playing one of the comic relief characters. Another area that was nice about the movie was the relationship between the main character and the princess, voiced by Madonna. He obviously liked her but they didn't go into an all-out romance(which is more realistic for people that age) and didn't fall into the silliness that could have happened with that. All in all, this was a wonderful fantasy with good morals and a good feeling in the end, and I did say it was also "fun."