Bonnie O'Connor Talk about a movie that is so incredibly pandering that it is insultingly stupid, right down to the plot which is about the Oogieloves retrieving magical balloons for their pillow friend's (yes it's an actual talking pillow) birthday party and coming across cameo stars whose talents get wasted in the worst way possible. It's so hard to take down each fault all at once, so let's look at the top five problems one by one (if you can stand it).First off: THE PLOT IS ENTIRELY POINTLESS AND KILLS HALF YOUR BRAINCELLS! They lose the balloons and spend a whole hour looking for them individually. Why don't they go to the store to get more? Because these balloons are magical. What makes them magical? They're talking balloons (Groan). When they gather the balloons together and almost lose them again, they blow kisses at them to make them come back and it works. Could somebody please get me a mallet so I can smash my head for saying that? Not to mention, this is all for a stupid pillow's birthday party. I'm all for a friend's birthday, but of all the characters this movie had to pick the pillow as the character we were hoping would get the best birthday party ever? Really? What is also irritating is that the plot stops at every cameo and every song. Kids are going to be anxious for the plot to move on. How about the Oogieloves themselves? They're all one dimensional: one is scientific (not really), one is fluent in any language (except for you know every other language aside from English and Gibberish), and the other is a complete idiot, right down to the point where he doesn't want to wear a belt and his pants constantly fall down and is told to pick them up by the other Oogieloves and the silent children from the other side of the TV. Their songs are also obnoxious! It's basically singing the word "Oogieloves" over and over. Also I should mention that this movie does what it can to try to get kids actively involved with the Oogieloves by dancing to their songs. How will they know when to get up and dance? By having butterflies fly across the bottom of the screen and the Oogieloves telling them that it's time to get up. How will they know to sit back down? By having turtles walk across the screen and the Oogieloves telling them to sit back down (you know, in case they didn't see the turtles). I already hate that I had to explain this situation in detail. Not only was that waving keys in front of a child's face stupid, but that was just telling kids to do this in the middle of a movie theater when they're suppose to stay seated. Even if it was at home, does it really matter if they're dancing or not? The movie still goes on without them doing anything. And once again, we have a "kid's movie" that actually should be censored. What are they trying teach their kids? Don't wear a belt and it will be okay if your pants drop because kids will tell you to pick them up? A stranger says, "follow me in the trailer" and it's okay because he has bubbles? Sexy dancing is for all kids to see and dance to? Kids are going to pick up on these "morals" or whatever they are and think that it's okay. Even the annoying Disney Junior shows were smart enough to show kids what's okay and what's not okay in life. This movie just doesn't care. Finally, let's talk about the cameo stars. Now clearly most of the kids won't know who these people are (like Cloris Leachman, Chazz Palminteri, Toni Braxton, and so on) with a few exceptions (Cary Elwes and Christopher Lloyd), but anybody who knows these actors are in for so much pain as their dignity is taken away from them by having them play a circle obsessed weirdo (Cloris Leachman), a milkshake bartender owner (Chazz Palminteri), a sneezing engrossed singer (Toni Braxton), a bubble freak who should be investigated by the police for stranger danger (Cary "as you wish" Elwes), and two Mexican stereotypes (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). I thought seeing Hilary Duff and Christopher Lloyd in Foodfight was painful, but you know what, this movie makes a great effort to make it more painful to see your favorite celebrities get butchered, than even Foodfight (it's still one of the worst films ever by the way). I still wonder how they got roped into this crap storm. What more can I really say about this abomination? It's like if the Teletubbies became five year olds, kidnapped celebrities, and somehow made a movie. This is one of the worst "children's" movies ever and not worth your five year old's time. I don't care if it keeps them quiet, it is a movie that tells them "You're stupid". Disney movies have more respect for their intelligence than this film ever will.

bigbossorochi I was skeptical at first about this movie. I was blown away by the deep spiritual meanings and the existential quandaries found in The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure. If there is a better movie I have not seen it! The simplistic plot of the movie counterpoints to the inevitability of the struggles of man. The poetic undertones when the titular Oogieloves search for the magical balloons is just a metaphor for finding true love and happiness! Your children may not get all of the enriching symbolism in this movie but that's okay. Children will enjoy this magical journey and Parents will have their hearts touched by the beauty of this movie. 10 out of 10

christophersvanefalk If you came to IMDb and wondered why this abortion of a movie (the biggest box office bomb in history, by the way) has such a high rating, well, wonder no more.The company has either enlisted their own employees, or the services of a review/like-bombing company, to drench this entry in positive reviews. The 10-star reviews are almost unanimously written by newly created accounts with obviously generated names (Mary869 or whatever), which have not reviewed anything else, ever. Yes, I have not done so either - it should say something when people sign up to IMDb just to point something so blatant as this out.So, not only has the company completely failed to make anything even approximating a bad movie - they are also unethically trying to manipulate ratings to make it seem like anything else but the complete catastrophe that it is.

The_Film_Cricket I have no point of reference here. Not being a parent, the Oogieloves are a new experience for me, and at first glance they seem to be no more or less irritating then the stuff I pass by while flipping channels on my way to something else. My knee-jerk reaction is to call their movie "harmless" yet something troubles me. At the very beginning of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure the titular characters inform the kids in the audience that this movie requires an interactive response. When the movie signals you – by way of butterflies floating across the bottom of the screen – that you are to stand up and dance and sing. In other words, the movie is asking your kids to do the very thing that we have been taught all our lives not to do. It can only be hoped that this does not become a trend.If you've heard of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure then you've probably heard of it's now famous legacy, released on August 29th 2013 on 2000 screens it quickly became one of the worst selling movies of all time taking in around $500,000 on it's opening weekend on a $12,000,000 budget.Not knowing what I was in for, I did a quick internet search and discovered that the movie is based on a TV series called "My Bedbugs" featuring the adventures of three colorful child characters called Gooby, Toofy, and Woozy. To be honest, I have no idea which one is Gooby, which one is Toofy or which one is Woozy and I only finished the movie 20 minutes ago – not that I was struggling to keep up. I have no idea how this movie ties in with the show, but having seen the movie, I'm not exactly killing myself to investigate further. I can see from an IMDb search that "My Bedbugs" was only on two seasons and ended its run in 2005 which means that the intended audience for this movie probably wasn't even born when the show ended. Are the parents flying blind? The story of the movie is basically a hanger on which to hang a bunch of musical numbers and songs and interactive bits for the kids in the audience. The journey follows the Oogies as they are preparing to celebrate the birthday of Schluufy, the pillow that sleeps on their couch. But the magic balloons they bought for Schluufy float away and we are told that they are the last magic balloons to be found. The rest of the movie is a song and dance journey to find the five balloons before Schluufy wakes up. The journey takes us through a malt shop, a traveling sombrero, a bubble truck etc. etc.The world the kids live in is not a million miles removed from "Pee Wee's Playhouse." Their guardian is a vacuum cleaner named J. Edgar (who bears a nearly litigious resemblance to The Rug Doctor) and a window named Wendy who is their view of the entire world. The look of the movie seems to be a distant cousin of the Sid and Marty Krofft style of the 1970s most notably "The Banana Splits" only without the zaniness or the aura of the 70s groovy time capsule. The characters are adult-sized costumed actors with big eyes that move and mouths that barely move when they talk. They look like lesser versions of The Muppets and inspire you to wonder why this movie wasn't animated.Naturally my own reaction was kind of indifferent, though I was surprised by an incredible amount of celebrity cameos, some of whom looked game but many of whom looked baffled and confused. There's Cloris Leachman, Toni Braxton, Christopher Lloyd, Jamie Pressley, Chazz Palminteri and Cary Elwes. Elwes is the most baffling, playing a guy named Bobby Wobbly who looks and acts like Jim Carrey. None of these actors appear as themselves, and none is on-screen for more than a minute or two. They are there to sing a song and move along. Will the little ones enjoy it? Probably. It's bright and it's colorful and it has a lot of motion and music. But it's not anything you would need to see in a theater. It's a perfectly serviceable DVD where the kids can interact with it in their living room. Again, I'm not sure I am comfortable with the idea of a movie that requires children to sing and dance and act up in a movie theater. And again, I'm not a parent. I would be more comfortable putting a child in front of The Wizard of Oz or My Neighbor Totoro or Toy Story or Mary Poppins. Those movies will stay in your kid's mind for the rest of their lives. Oogieloves will stay with them as long as the DVD is still running.