Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:23
Rotten:53
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Bland, unoriginal, and lacking the wit of the TV series, Hey Arnold is a 30 min cartoon stretched beyond its running time.
Runtime: 76 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: The popular Nickelodeon cartoon HEY ARNOLD! gets its big screen animation debut with this feature, directed by Tuck Tucker. The plot finds the kid with the "football-shaped head" (Arnold, voiced by... [More]
Starring: Spencer Klein, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd, Jamil Smith
Director: Tuck Tucker
Reviews for Hey Arnold! The Movie
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 2/5 |
Arnold has his place on the small screen, but here his attempts to save his neighbourhood from corporate takeover seem overextended. Full Review |
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The coloured pencil tones and quirky-looking characters are likeable, and the plot cuts the sentimentalism with sarky wit and minimum schmaltz. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Amiable and good-natured stuff for younger kids, I suppose, but nothing to get hugely excited about. Full Review |
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Another solid addition to the Nickelodeon cinema canon. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Die-hard fans will love it, but, despite being mildly diverting and inoffensive, nothing special leaps off the screen. Full Review |
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Pic has lots of charm, and parents in attendance won't feel too bored or alienated by its goings-on, while kids will lap it up. Full Review |
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The simplistic drawing is closer to Peanuts than The Lion King, and the dialogue is strangely anachronistic. Full Review |
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52/100 |
If this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards, more power to it. Full Review |
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Hey Arnold is a film that kids and adults will enjoy. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
...This film really has no business in theatres. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Arnold's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces. Full Review |
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The charm of Hey Arnold lies in its wacky characters who delight by their off-beat kooky humour in this David and Goliath story about saving the neighbourhood. Full Review |
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2/4 |
There is nothing terribly wrong with Hey Arnold!, but neither is there anything special enough to set it apart from what its fans see on TV all the time. Full Review |
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C- |
It's an unspectacular, unexciting movie, to be sure. But what's relevant is whether it will entertain kids. Will it? I don't know; I'm not one. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Inoffensive and sporadically funny, its chief charm is Arnold's ridiculous noggin, and that's not saying much. Full Review |
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A dull and plodding cartoon with barely enough story for a half-hour episode of the TV series. Full Review |
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