Arthur and the Great Adventure

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Arthur and the Great Adventure

PG

2009

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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Arthur receives a distress call from Princess Selenia and flies to her rescue, but Emperor Maltazard has a nefarious plan to ensnare the young hero.

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Philip French

Guardian

12/27/2010

The narration is somewhat muddled, the special effects are almost endearingly nave, and I cannot see who it's aimed at.

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

12/23/2010

2/5

One life-threatening, story-aggregating episode follows another so that, long before the film ends, you wish Arthur and his chums would have a lie down.

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Andrew Pulver

Guardian

12/23/2010

2/5

While adults may well be fumbling for paracetamol after a few minutes, their offspring may well love its sugar-rush energy. But it could easily have lost a third of its length with little difference.

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

01/05/2011

1/5

This is nicely acted and Besson deserves some sort of award for casting Lou Reed and Iggy Pop as its villains, but the script and direction are all over the place and it never really comes together.

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Mike McCahill

Scotsman

12/27/2010

2/5

Even those generous enough to have rescued 2007's part-animated Arthur and the Invisibles from a DVD bargain bin would likely concede there wasn't much call for a sequel.

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Tim Evans

Sky Cinema

12/22/2010

The weird structure of this movie - the first in a two-part series - means the narrative unfolds at a strange pace with Maltazard only making his appearance well into the film and the story ending abruptly.

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Akyo D

@Akyoo Apr 10

The movie Arthur and the Great Adventure is a film for children with a simple story to understand. Arthur is a little boy who go on a big adventure the characters are kind and funny, and the image are very beautiful and colorful. The film is sometime a bit slow, but there is action. The music is nice and well with the story. I like this movie because is funny, magical, and easy to watch.

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Sebastian T

@RT92637413 06/10/2025

Why does this movie exist?! This is terrible, like really terrible. This movie literally has 0 percent, and it's well deserved

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Luis c G

@RT85338427 03/30/2024

why does everyone in the poster look so creepy

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06/17/2021

Love all the Arthur movies!

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04/06/2021

Bom demais, o roteiro é impressionante e as cenas de ação são de arrepiar. Essa obra francesa esta no mesmo nivel de Toy Story e outros filmes de animação.

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03/01/2021

Not as good as the previous installment, but still a fun plot for all the family. The recasting of Malthazard is a disappointment as he is not as menacing as when he was voiced by David Bowie

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Synopsis

Arthur receives a distress call from Princess Selenia and flies to her rescue, but Emperor Maltazard has a nefarious plan to ensnare the young hero.

Director: Luc Besson
Producer: Luc Besson, Emmanuel Prévost
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Céline Garcia
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Avalanche Productions, Sofica Europacorp, Canal+, TF1 Films Production, EuropaCorp, Apipoulaï
Rating: PG (Some Mild Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 2009, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m