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Animated family comedy about the teenage son of the Easter Bunny who, on the eve of taking over the family business, is hit by a car driven by an out-of-work slacker who then takes in the young bunny to nurse him back to health. Cast:James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh LaurieDirector:Tim HillRelease Date:April 1, 2011DVD Release:March 23, 2012From:UniversalRating:PGLength:1 hr. 30 min.
Hop (2011) played to mixed reviews. • David Germain wrote for the Associated Press, "...has one of the cutest bunnies you'll ever see and plenty of other eye candy among its computer-generated visuals, yet there's not much bounce to the story..." • And Sandie Angulo Chen wrote in the Washington Post, "...a piece of fluff as artificially sweetened as a fuchsia Peep..." More Reviews Below...
Hop (2011) Positive Reviews (35 Reviews, reviews below)
Alynda Wheat, People: VERY GOOD(cg) "Russell Brand puts a hilariously snarky voice performance into his big-eyed rabbit. But 'Hop,' a live-action/animation hybrid, is more fun than smart."(See all of Alynda Wheat's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 141 words, 03/31/11
David Germain, Associated Press: MODERATE(cg) "...has one of the cutest bunnies you'll ever see and plenty of other eye candy among its computer-generated visuals, yet there's not much bounce to the story..."(See all of David Germain's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 744 words, 03/31/11
Bradley Jacobs, Us Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "...goofy... Russell Brand gets multiple laughs as the edgy hare... James Marsden ('27 Dresses') looks embarrassed to be in the for-kids-only movie."(See all of Bradley Jacobs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 62 words, 03/31/11
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: POOR(cg) "...how can you build an entire movie around Russell Brand as a naughty-cute rebel bunny -- and then fail to give him a single good line?"(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 128 words, 04/01/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (12 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: MODERATE "...a peppy, artificially sweetened little romp with no great cultural ambitions... occasionally annoying and also, less expectedly, occasionally funny."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 710 words, 04/01/11
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...goes down easy enough. It's the thought of a talented actor -- James Marsden -- stuck on an industry conveyor belt that leaves an unfortunate aftertaste."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 195 words, 04/01/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: WEAK "...almost unashamedly middle of the road about its intentions.... The only thing missing is any real wonder, imagination or comic verve."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 412 words, 04/01/11
Kyle Smith, New York Post: WEAK(cg) "...woeful... You'd forgive a senseless story if any of this were fun, but apart from the cuteness of the characters... there isn't much."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 668 words, 04/01/11
Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE(cg) "It all feels slack and sloppy, less a story than one underwritten set-up after another, cut and pasted together with little sense of moving forward."(See all of Nell Minow's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 732 words, 04/01/11
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...thanks to its fondness for smushing together seemingly incongruous elements and James Marsden's goofy, bug-eyed mugging -- just demented enough."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 175 words, 03/30/11
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: WEAK(cg) "...smaller kids will think E.B. is real, older kids will be bored by the story and adults will think David Hasselhoff must really need the money."(See all of Linda Barnard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 519 words, 04/01/11
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a combination of live action and animation aimed at the very young set.... the bright-but-bland Los Angeles scenes are more effective than the Easter Island scenes..."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 632 words, 04/01/11
Sandie Angulo Chen, Washington Post: MODERATE(cg) "...a piece of fluff as artificially sweetened as a fuchsia Peep... offers a glimmer of amusement, but only to kids still young enough to believe in the Easter Bunny."(See all of Sandie Angulo Chen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 608 words, 04/01/11
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "You've got Hugh Laurie and Russell Brand and you can't give them a couple dozen zingers to make this thing move along?... stands out as particularly flat-footed."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 599 words, 04/01/11
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...hip. And sassy, speedy and slick.... will make kids giggle, tickle sophisticated tweens, coax belly laughs out of cynical teenagers and delight even skeptical adults..."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 425 words, 04/01/11
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: MODERATE(cg) "The Easter Bunny poops jelly beans. Sounds like the punch line of a joke. And in some ways, it is. If you think it's funny, you'll love 'Hop'..."(See all of Bill Goodykoontz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 465 words, 04/01/11
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: POOR(cg) "...the sort of children's-movie wallet-vacuum I imagine certain parents will find impossible to forgive. First, there is the experience of having to sit through it."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 590 words, 04/01/11
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: POOR(cg) "Hello? It's not unusual to find, in a family film, a couple of jokes tossed over the heads of tykes to help keep parents awake."(See all of Tom Keogh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 460 words, 04/01/11
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: WEAK(cg) "...a witless comedy about a man who befriends a talking critter who wants to be a rock star.... It's supposed to be sweet, but it's a headache waiting to happen."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 307 words, 04/01/11
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: POOR(cg) "...a cheap chocolate Easter bunny of a movie; completely hollow, well beyond its sell-by date, and after it's finished you're left feeling a bit ill."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 545 words, 04/01/11
Tom Long, Detroit News: FAIR(cg) "...too shrill, slick and sickly sweet for anybody's good. Watching it won't rot your teeth, but it could leave an ugly cavity in your brain."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 303 words, 04/01/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (9 Reviews)
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...thanks to its fondness for smushing together seemingly incongruous elements and James Marsden's goofy, bug-eyed mugging -- just demented enough."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 175 words, 03/30/11
Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: WEAK(cg) "...accepts as a given that Brand is an internationally beloved movie star and gets absolutely nowhere as a result.... it's back to kiddie film square one for this one..."(See all of Katey Rich's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 574 words, 03/31/11
Keith Phipps, AV Club: WEAK(cg) "...a lazy collection of easy-even-for-a-kid-movie jokes loosely organized to tell the origin story of the 'first human Easter Bunny'... crap's still crap."(See all of Keith Phipps's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 391 words, 03/31/11
Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: POOR(cg) "All we get is a runaway rabbit and a grown-up who's too lazy to get a real job. Talk about bait-and-switch.... it's almost offensive in its dullness."(See all of Stephanie Zacharek's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 638 words, 03/31/11
Glenn Heath Jr., Slant: POOR(cg) "...compulsively obnoxious... a heaping pile of run-of-the-mill theatrics and sight gags... Gone are the days of childlike mystery, and in their place we have the childish 'Hop.' "(See all of Glenn Heath Jr.'s reviews...)(Read the full review...) 715 words, 03/30/11
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: POOR(cg) "...a bizarrely strained mishmash of animation and live action covered in a hard candy shell of incoherence and crass unmagical calculation."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 656 words, 03/30/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: MODERATE "...a peppy, artificially sweetened little romp with no great cultural ambitions... occasionally annoying and also, less expectedly, occasionally funny."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 710 words, 04/01/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...almost unashamedly middle of the road about its intentions.... The only thing missing is any real wonder, imagination or comic verve."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 412 words, 04/01/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...innocuous, young-skewing... the pic's obvious star is E.B., the jellybean-pooping Easter Bunny-to-be voiced by Russell Brand.... a soft-boiled holiday-classic..."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 647 words, 03/31/11
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...gags, personalities and cultural references fly every which way but the discipline behind the animation merged with live action is top-notch."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 788 words, 03/31/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...almost unashamedly middle of the road about its intentions.... The only thing missing is any real wonder, imagination or comic verve."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 412 words, 04/01/11
A.O. Scott, New York Times: MODERATE "...a peppy, artificially sweetened little romp with no great cultural ambitions... occasionally annoying and also, less expectedly, occasionally funny."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 710 words, 04/01/11
20.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Hop (2011)'s reviews are separated by an average 20.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Hop (2011)'s reviews cover 63.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 16,237 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 464 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Hop (2011) Coverage, Volume & Length (35 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 13.6 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Hop (2011)'s reviews on average broke 13.6 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Hop (2011)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Hop (2011) (35 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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