NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Eric Stevenson I feel bad for seeing this mediocre movie before the much better TV movie. It seems like it ran into the same problems that the "My Little Pony" movie did. The animation is great, but it still feels like just a long episode of the show. It seems like the most common complaints was that the side characters were practically useless here. Again, that's a complaint against the "My Little Pony" movie. Honestly, I'm surprised this only has a 29% on RottenTomatoes.I think at one point the viewer percentage was even lower than "The Last Airbender"! Don't worry, it's over now. There are some good jokes and it does get better as it goes along. I guess I just thought this was poorly paced. I'd much rather watch the TV movie where all the characters contribute and there's a much bigger sense of something epic going on. At least we got to see Helga's confession, even though it doesn't last. **1/2

prestonwardcondra I remember first watching this movie way back when Nickelodeon first aired it back in 2005. I didn't like it back then and I sure definitely don't like it now.The plot is this. Arnold's city is threaten to get torn down and it's up to Arnold and his protégé to save the town.Or so you think. Arnold, Gerald and Helga are the only main characters of this movie to get any sort of screen time. Phoebe, Harold, Rhonda and the others are only there shoehorned into the movie, with no purpose and tacked on as pure afterthoughts.The movie grinds to a halt as 80% of it basically consisted of the cast discussing how it would be best for them to save the town. This is a case of the characters "doing more talking than action" and it's incredibly dull. The action stumbles and the only interesting side story to all of it was Helga playing as Deep Voice secretly helping Arnold out.The ending to the movie, is nothing but a horrible parody on the 1993 classic "Speed" with the wild goose chase sequence with jumping across a bridge and nearly hitting an old lady with a baby stroller of cans.Unlike other movies for kids like The Powerpuff Girls Movie, there are no moral lessons that relate to the audience or for kids to learn, once everything is said and done.What's worse is Helga finally revealing her deep affections towards Arnold (near the end of it all) and Arnold seems creeped out by it, essentially killing the love and chemistry the two had. Pathetic.A second "Hey Arnold!" movie was planned to be made involving Arnold finally getting to met his parents face to face, before it was scrapped because the first one was a failure at the box office.The cartoon was eventually cancelled by 2005 and for good reason. There are numerous cartoon movies I recommend watching more than this one. This isn't one of them. 2/10 for the voice acting talent of the characters, which admittedly is pretty good. But rest assured, this movie is horrible when you compare it to it's contemporaries.

Jackson Booth-Millard I used to like the TV series when I was younger, so I thought if I watched The Rugrats Movie (also from Nikelodeon), then I might as well try this movie. Basically Arnold (Spencer Klein), the football headed fourth grade kid and his many neighbourhood friends and family find out that their town is going to be flattened to make way for a new mega-mall to be run by Mr. Scheck (Goodfellas' Paul Sorvino). The only way they can save the town is to prove from a story that Arnold's Grandpa (The Simpsons' Dan Castellaneta) told that there was a historic event that makes the town a landmark. With all the TV show characters, including Helga, who pretty much tells her secret love to Arnold, best friend Gerald, Grandma, Stinky, Eugene and Mayor Dixie. With guest voices including Jennifer Jason Leigh as Bridget, Christopher Lloyd as Coroner and Tomorrow Never Dies' Vincent Schiavelli as Mr. Bailey. Worth watching!

ECTO_1 It's true: "Hey Arnold! The Movie" is contrived, generic, lazy, and sloppy. But do not let that deter you from taking a peep. Many other users have recommended looking upon this movie as "an extra-long tv episode", which is probably the best approach. I bought this movie without ever having seen it. Though I feel it was overpriced, I will likely watch it several times over. As a 26 year-old I don't make a practice of watching children's shows, preferring hard-hitting news and political commentary shows to predictable themes and fart jokes. That's just it, though: "Hey Arnold!" caters to a more mature audience by delivering wisdom, practicality, originality, and nostalgic humor [sometimes]. Fans of the show were likely tempted to see the movie by the promise of Helga's love confession. Incidentally, that's the main reason I bought my copy. The lukewarm response to the film (rightfully so) may lead to cancellation of the series, which is why I am determined to acquire every bit of "Hey Arnold!" memorabilia that I can. Long live the adorable "football head"!