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Playmobil: The Movie

2019

Lino DiSalvo

Animation, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gabriel Bateman

4.6

1,018

Animation. Adventure. Comedy When her younger brother Charlie (Gabriel Bateman) unexpectedly disappears into the magical, animated universe of PLAYMOBIL, unprepared Marla (Anya Taylor-Joy) must go on a quest of a lifetime to bring him home. As she sets off on a fantastic journey across stunning new worlds, Marla teams up with some unlikely and heroic new friends - the smooth-talking food truck driver Del (Jim Gaffigan), the dashing and charismatic secret agent Rex ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"[The toys] are recommended for children ages 4 through 12. As for 'Playmobil: The Movie', it’s safe to say that anyone who has already reached double digits will find little to enjoy in this generic and lifeless promotional tool"	NEG
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Kid-friendly but disappointingly short on charm or smarts (...) [It] never transcends its blatant product-flogging purpose."	NEG
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"Maybe it’s fitting 'Playmobil: The Movie' is old-fashioned, stiff and only suitable for those between the ages of four and ten, but it sure isn’t much fun (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A film that lacks the subversive wit and inventiveness that distinguished the first 'The Lego Movie' (...) The plot often seems little more an excuse to visit (and heavily promote) as many Playmobil worlds as possible"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The film throws up some entertaining bits along the way, but for those of us who are used to the turbocharged irony and comedy-rocket fuel of the Lego world, this is a letdown (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"A feature-length toy ad that has little of substance to offer (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"An ugly, interminable, devoid-of-substance advert (...) No child deserves to be subjected to this kind of blaringly witless branding bombardment (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"Unoriginal and dull, the worst animated movie of the year so far (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"An oddly joyless little animation - goes about its business with brisk, dead-eyed efficiency (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Shameless, terrible promo for German plastic dolls (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Sinead Brennan RTÉ	"There is no heart at the centre of things, there is no real connection to these characters, and without a connection, we’re at nothing (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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