Imaginative, slightly creepy, but tremendously appealing to all ages. It's ripe to bursting with visual effects a heady combination of stop-motion and computer-generated imagery. And it has a delightful cast of personable bugs and larvae, all bound for New York City via floating fruit.
90
Time Out
Time Out
Despite a lightness of plot, it most beautifully captures the book's free-floating, fantastic sense of adventure and wonder.
80
EmpireAnna Smith
EmpireAnna Smith
The vocal cast are great fun, and the animation is smooth and vibrant. Except for a few treacly songs, this is great entertainment for all.
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It will, I think, entertain kids for whom stop-motion animation is the last thing they're thinking about.
A technological marvel, arch and innovative with a daringly offbeat visual conception. But it's also a strenuously artful film with a macabre edge that may scare small children. And beyond that, it lacks a clear idea of who its audience might be.
67
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
At least there’s plenty to look at among Selick’s beautifully detailed characters, who each have expressive bodies and their own ways of moving.