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MIA AND THE MIGOO (MIA ET LE MIGOU)Movie Reviews
Animated family adventure about a young girl who goes up against profit-hungry developers in order to save her imperiled father and the ancient Tree of Life. Cast:John DiMaggio, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, James Woods, Amanda Misquez, Vincent Agnello, Jesse CortiDirector:Jacques-Rémy GirerdRelease Date:March 25, 2011DVD Release:March 27, 2012From:GKIDSRating:PGLength:1 hr 32 min
MARCH 27, 2012
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou), Fair Reviews Limited
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou) played in limited release to fair reviews. • Shawn Levy wrote in the Portland Oregonian, "...it’s genuinely beautiful: really inspired stuff. But director Jacques-Rémy Girerd and his three co-writers have a fairly insipid tale on their hands..." • And Simon Abrams wrote for Slant, "...a perfectly innocuous, cliché-riddled kid's film..." More Reviews Below...
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou) Positive Reviews (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou) has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (7 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...its look is created with 500,000 hand-drawn frames. That's impressive in an age in which most mainstream animation is done with computers..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 609 words, 03/25/11
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...we have to get past a lot of less-than-charming scenes for the journey to start, and though the animation can be transporting, its lack of lyricism is disappointing."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 148 words, 03/25/11
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "Alternately ambitious and simplistic, lively and bland... gorgeous to watch thanks to its 500,000 hand-painted frames of vibrantly colored, enormously artistic animation."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 252 words, 05/06/11
Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR(cg) "...too slow and dull for kids.... the blundering pace, on-the-nose dialogue and thinly imagined characters make for a mucky hour and a half."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 191 words, 03/25/11
Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE(cg) "...does have some striking images with strong color blocks. They would be impressive illustrations in a children's book. But animation is about movement..."(See all of Nell Minow's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 711 words, 05/13/11
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...drained of any magic by blunt dialogue and rudimentary conflicts. The film's character and creature designs are derivatively Miyazakian..."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 221 words, 03/23/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "Five hundred thousand luminous drawings and a dud script fight each other to a standstill... Where the film triumphs is in the art department alone..."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 521 words, 06/17/11
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...it's genuinely beautiful: really inspired stuff. But director Jacques-Rémy Girerd and his three co-writers have a fairly insipid tale on their hands..."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 05/13/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (3 Reviews)
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...drained of any magic by blunt dialogue and rudimentary conflicts. The film's character and creature designs are derivatively Miyazakian..."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 221 words, 03/23/11
Simon Abrams, Slant: WEAK(cg) "...a perfectly innocuous, cliché-riddled kid's film whose sole inventive hook is its hand-painted, Cray-Pas-by-way-of-water-colors animation style."(See all of Simon Abrams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 704 words, 03/24/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...its look is created with 500,000 hand-drawn frames. That's impressive in an age in which most mainstream animation is done with computers..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 609 words, 03/25/11
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "Alternately ambitious and simplistic, lively and bland... gorgeous to watch thanks to its 500,000 hand-painted frames of vibrantly colored, enormously artistic animation."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 252 words, 05/06/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: FAIR "...often undermined by a ham-handed script, the relentlessness of the agenda about natural balance resulting in a fatally unbalanced narrative."(See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 626 words, 03/24/11
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "Alternately ambitious and simplistic, lively and bland... gorgeous to watch thanks to its 500,000 hand-painted frames of vibrantly colored, enormously artistic animation."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 252 words, 05/06/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...its look is created with 500,000 hand-drawn frames. That's impressive in an age in which most mainstream animation is done with computers..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 609 words, 03/25/11
17.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou)'s reviews are separated by an average 17.9 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:Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou)'s reviews cover 14.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 5,309 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 408 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou) Coverage, Volume & Length (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 20 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou)'s reviews on average broke 20 days after 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 Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou) (13 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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