Ah, Elmo.
My daughter loves the little monster, which is some sort of toddler prerequisite these days. Anyway, I decided to rent this movie to give her a little treat, and she loved the dickens out of it.
I, on the other hand...
Well, I can't say I didn't like it, necessarily. The production values are pretty decent, and muppets look a lot better when shot on film instead of the video they use for "Sesame Street". But hearing Elmo's voice for the length of a feature film just gets to be a bit much. It's much better when contained to the 20-minute "Elmo's World" segment on the show.
Thankfully, the film does provide a few breaks from Elmo's squeaking, including a joyously evil song from Mandy Patinkin and a fairly boring one from Vanessa Williams.
But don't expect anything of Pixar quality as far as the screenplay goes. This one is geared only for kids, and the laughs for adults are few and far between. And since it's only for kids, and my daughter loved it, I have to say it succeeded in its mission.
My daughter loves the little monster, which is some sort of toddler prerequisite these days. Anyway, I decided to rent this movie to give her a little treat, and she loved the dickens out of it.
I, on the other hand...
Well, I can't say I didn't like it, necessarily. The production values are pretty decent, and muppets look a lot better when shot on film instead of the video they use for "Sesame Street". But hearing Elmo's voice for the length of a feature film just gets to be a bit much. It's much better when contained to the 20-minute "Elmo's World" segment on the show.
Thankfully, the film does provide a few breaks from Elmo's squeaking, including a joyously evil song from Mandy Patinkin and a fairly boring one from Vanessa Williams.
But don't expect anything of Pixar quality as far as the screenplay goes. This one is geared only for kids, and the laughs for adults are few and far between. And since it's only for kids, and my daughter loved it, I have to say it succeeded in its mission.