Better than the average christmas movie, but the average christmas movie is worse than average.
I generally do not like christmas movies, but I do enjoy Dr. Seuss cartoons. This is not a christmas movie. It probably has been promoted as such for marketing, which is never an indication that you are about to see a great movie.
It simply is not funny enough. The movie can not, literally, spell fun. That is not my opinion alone. The audience I saw it with was not impressed either.
That said, it has enjoyable moments and is not devoid of meaning. It seems really targeted at the 8-14 audience.
As for the FX, OK, but nothing special. Nor is the audio anything special. So bad, in fact, that the movie has Meyers making fun of it. And that is pretty much the highlight of Meyers humor. He is much funnier bald than in fur. The Looney Tunes folks could improve their movies significantly by hiring him as Elmer Fudd.
I generally do not like christmas movies, but I do enjoy Dr. Seuss cartoons. This is not a christmas movie. It probably has been promoted as such for marketing, which is never an indication that you are about to see a great movie.
It simply is not funny enough. The movie can not, literally, spell fun. That is not my opinion alone. The audience I saw it with was not impressed either.
That said, it has enjoyable moments and is not devoid of meaning. It seems really targeted at the 8-14 audience.
As for the FX, OK, but nothing special. Nor is the audio anything special. So bad, in fact, that the movie has Meyers making fun of it. And that is pretty much the highlight of Meyers humor. He is much funnier bald than in fur. The Looney Tunes folks could improve their movies significantly by hiring him as Elmer Fudd.