A dull retread. ... Not even the film's easily enchanted target audience -- that is, children -- are likely to stay under the spell for long.
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10/09/09
Delgo (2008)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:5
Rotten:35
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Delgo features a blend of plot elements from earlier (and superior) fantasy films, with weaker animation and dull characters.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: With its feature DELGO, Fathom Studios is looking to be the indie answer to Pixar. Blending a Tolkien-like mythos and an eastern philosophy with a heaping dose of wit, DELGO is a kid-friendly tale... [More]
Starring: Freddie Prinze, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan
Director: Jason Maurer, Marc F. Adler
Reviews for Delgo
How do you go ten years and not notice how lousy your script is?
09/07/09
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08/19/09
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04/23/09
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04/08/09
Top CriticNo review available.
02/04/09
Top CriticAn unimaginative plot with dull characters that aren't as endearing or memorable as they could have been.
01/31/09
Sleep-inducing and yet excessively violent, "Delgo" is a highly directive and bloated piece of animated sci-fi set in a fantastical world that never captures the imagination.
12/31/08
The crude, not-so-state-of-the-art animation and artwork all too clearly show the film's 2001 start date.
12/30/08
As hard on the eyes as it is on the brain.
12/21/08
Just try figuring out the audience for the movie, because the violence is too much for kids under 8, while anyone over 8 will be turned off by the idiotic humor.
12/19/08
Even though some of the action is fun and the world is imaginative, it loses points for having a horrible comic relief character that derails the fun.
12/15/08
I'm not saying it's a Christmas miracle. What I am saying is that the new animated movie 'Delgo' and 'The Bells of St. Mary's' have something in common.
12/14/08
If the cast is too large or filled with name actors (often many of which are heading down the has-been road), the film is going to suck.
12/12/08
Shoddily animated adventure is too violent for young kids.
12/12/08
Indifferently produced with on-the-cheap CGI animation, Delgo has gathered a B-name voice cast that competently moves the story along but doesn’t distinguish it in any way.
12/12/08
Although the film may be too violent for kids younger than 10 and too storybook for teens, it is a tale of mythic pretensions and can be quite stunning.
12/12/08
The story is tedious, noisy and banal. It is also rather dark and convoluted for children, though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game.
12/12/08
This flick is like a cheap thriller where the wisecracks always fall flat and the author couldn't be bothered to invent a new plot, so he just patches together some old ones.
12/12/08
It's all as generic as the John Williams knockoff musical score or the Lion King knockoff dialogue
12/12/08
Latest News for Delgo
December 21, 2008:
Delgo Disappears from Theaters 
Supplanting Katherine Heigl's "Zzyzx" as the most embarrassing theatrical debut of the year, "Delgo" has taken exactly a week to go from 2,100 screens to none. Yes, none. More...
December 11, 2008:
Critics Consensus: Day the Earth Stood Still Is Lost In Space
This week at the movies, we've got an alien invasion (The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly), forbidden CG love (Delgo, with voice work by... More...
December 11, 2008:
Box Office Guru Preview: Keanu Invasion Begins at Box Office
Keanu Reeves invades multiplexes across North America with his new sci-fi actioner The Day the Earth Stood Still which opens five years to the day after the actor's last stint... More...
October 29, 2008:
One word: unpromising.
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