Arthur and the Great Adventure

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Arthur and the Great Adventure

PG

Released Dec 18, 2009

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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Arthur (Freddie Highmore) receives a distress call from Princess Selenia (Selena Gomez) and flies to her rescue, but Emperor Maltazard (Lou Reed) has a nefarious plan to ensnare the young hero.

Philip French

Guardian

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

Dec 27, 2010

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

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.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 23, 2010

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Andrew Pulver

Guardian

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.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 23, 2010

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

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.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 5, 2011

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Mike McCahill

Scotsman

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.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 27, 2010

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Tim Evans

Sky Cinema

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.

Dec 22, 2010

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Luis c G

why does everyone in the poster look so creepy

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Audience Member

Love all the Arthur movies!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Oh. A gut-punch following the dazzling initial entry in this series. The live-action setup is respectable, but the rest of the plot feels like a painful buildup all on its own, crippled by exposition as plot (show, don’t tell!), a languishing second act, and honestly a lack of an entire climax or third act. This felt like an obligatory penultimate episode of a TV series that finishes with a dovetail that compels you to watch the finale, that forgot to have its own three-act plot.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/22/20

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Audience Member

I love the fantasy and it takes you to another world, itâ(TM)s a good family movie with fun animation.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

Arthur (Freddie Highmore) receives a distress call from Princess Selenia (Selena Gomez) and flies to her rescue, but Emperor Maltazard (Lou Reed) 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