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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf you like him on TV, you'll like him here, too, because it's more of the same stuff, only outdoors and with animals and shooting stars and the kinds of balloons people can go up in.
- Although the film is longer than the television and video segments children this age are accustomed to, the pacing is brisk enough to hold them.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyArguably the most critic-proof picture of the decade, Barney's Great Adventure will delight everyone who can't wait to see it and be a grin-and-bear-it experience for those who must accompany members of the former group.
- 50Time OutTime OutThis spin-off from the TV series featuring the large purple felt dinosaur of awesome good nature is emetically wholesome. The screenplay doesn't stray much from the series' 'listen, sing, and rush off to the next thing' formula.
- 40TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe kids are fine, the original songs range from OK to wretched, and Barney is annoying as ever -- even more so, given his big-screen size and Dolby-enhanced guffaw.
- Barney looks both more real and more magical on video; on film, he's clearly a doofus in a felt outfit.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIt's all rather clumsy and routine.
- 25The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinBarney's Great Adventure will bore adults to tears.
- 25Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorWith very little modification, this archly innocuous children's musical could have been marketed as a sequel to Invasion of the Body Snatchers.