TrueJoshNight
Truly Dreadful Film
BroadcastChic
Excellent, a Must See
Merolliv
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
atlanx
Bad 08/15 story. They made the same failures like made in Final Fantasy(Spirits within). It's an standard, I would call it "american story". Not funny. And to technically without spirit.Probably I have watched to many Ghibli movies. And there is not one character I like. They are all stupid and to "designed".watch an good German made (animation-)movie watch "Obelix and Asterix in Amerika".Another tip: Watch this movie without sound, it's a really nice CG Animation without story.
colin-384
I'm left incredulous that anyone could see this film as anything but insulting. My 12 year old thought it was moronic. That's fine. Maybe he's too old for it. My 9 year old thought the story was stupid and the characters annoying. Maybe she was too old. My six year old left the room and asked to be told when the movie was over. These kids love films. The worst thing that a film maker can do in making a kids film is to assume that kids are stupid. This is not worth a rental, this is not worth borrowing from a friend, this is a film to use as punishment. If you still insist on watching it after reading this, make sure you take a gravol!
spike09
Overall, The Snurks is really great movie. A Modern Sci-Fi Fantasy full of comedy, action, drama and suspense.The visuals are very impressive. The computer generated animation of "The Snurks" is as good as any Pixar or Dreamworks movie. First CG movie made entirely in Germany.The story line is unique enough to keep the attention of children and adults. Toy Story with a Shrek attitude. I am not a movie spoiler, so I will not go into detail.The acting uses motion capture to create very realistic characters. Great voice-over work.The direction of the script keeps you entertained throughout the entire movie. A complete first rate production. Last Michael Kamen soundtrack.
Robert Walker-Smith
This was one of those "the store is out of Movie X, so I'll pick up this and hope it's not too bad" movies.I was honestly expecting some "Ferngully"/"Dinotopia - Quest for the Ruby Sunstone" level abomination. The things we go through for our kids, blah blah.But it wasn't. Mind you, I'm not saying it's great - just better than a title like "The Snurks" would lead you to believe. "Return to Gaya" would have conveyed the quality better, but sounds like a sequel. The thing I liked best about it was that it did not unswervingly obey genre conventions. The idea of fictional, fantasy characters winding up in the Real World (tm) is by no means new, but it was treated with some intelligence. The Big Dumb Hero who, we discover, KNOWS that he's dumb, and doesn't seem entirely happy about it, the ostensible villain who displays a streak of heroism, the coward who, released from the narrative imperative, proves capable of bravery - and a real villain whose motivation for villainy is - get this - rage over having had his television show canceled in favor of less intellectually demanding fare - all these are surprising details, and display more originality than you'll find in a half-dozen similar movies.
