It is as if the spirit of recent Zhang Yimou spectaculars have informed this warm and very likable Hollywood fare.
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10/18/08
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
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Reviews Counted:160
Fresh:142
Rotten:18
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Kung Fu Panda has a familiar message, but the pleasing mix of humor, swift martial arts action, and colorful animation makes for winning Summer entertainment.
Theatrical Release:04-07-2008
Synopsis: "Kung Fu Panda" features Jack Black as Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, who is a kung fu fanatic but whose shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. In fact, Po's... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Reviews for Kung Fu Panda
This Panda delivers a cuddle more than a thump.
10/18/08
Top CriticEnjoyable, superbly animated and frequently funny adventure with great voice work, strong characters and some excellent fight scenes.
07/18/08
Just like many martial arts movie epics of old, Kung Fu Panda is filmed in widescreen CinemaScope: a perfect, vast canvas for an epic set in old China.
07/14/08
This is the finest DreamWorks Animation effort since the first Shrek
07/04/08
Top CriticSure, the story's ending is completely predictable, but it's great fun getting there.
06/12/08
A vast improvement over such previous DreamWorks dreck as Shark Tale and the Shrek flicks
08/26/09
Kung Fu Panda puts most other recent action movies to shame with its astonishingly beautiful, fluid, fast, clean use of movement and space.
11/21/08
Parental Content Review
11/14/08
A witty, visually interesting and sweet comedy that works in pretty much all departments.
11/10/08
...relies on the sounds of its voice cast and the brilliance of its CGI animation to help it succeed.
11/08/08
Manages to entertain and dazzle, and parents won't beat themselves up for sitting through it, although what it teaches could fit on a fortune cookie.
10/18/08
One fine movie.
10/01/08
Hands down the most visually striking of DreamWorks Animation's releases, this lively CGI comedy is tailor-made for Jack Black.
09/10/08
A fun movie that manages to entertain pretty much the whole way through.
09/05/08
Despite the traditional animation platitudes, the film is entertaining and well voiced.
08/20/08
The aphorisms creak. The plot's an open book. But all of those clichés are part of the joke in this ebullient ursine coming-of-age tale about a humble panda destined for greatness.
07/18/08
Kung Fu Panda is no frills frivolity and it kicks.
07/13/08
... a solid animated flick for kids, and for any adults who are singing "Kung Fu Fighting" to themselves as they enter the multi-plex (guilty as charged).
07/11/08
'Chinese' in the way that Springfield-style cashew chicken is 'Chinese.'
07/10/08
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