It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I kind of liked Highmore until I saw this snore fest, Jesus, his acting was completely overdone and unbelievably bad, almost like he was trying to tank the film on purpose. We made it to the 40 minute mark before skipping ahead to the end, seeing it got better, and going back to finish it properly. Hence the addition of 2 marks to the 1 it would have otherwise gotten. I feel like giving it a 4 would be too generous. The characters are ugly and regarding the plot every single set piece is ruined seconds before it happens. "Oh I hope X doesn't happen." Well it's going to happen right now. "If you see someone..." Well they will see someone right now. Great writing...Filled with sexual innuendo and a guest appearance by Snoop Dog playing the exact same fake and sleazy character he does in every single movie, this movie is a real turd. Avoid.

The film, to start with- escaladed very quickly into the adventure sequence which is great because I love kids adventure flicks for that same reason. The only problem I find with the plot is the blatant "bar" scene with Rastafarians while the three main characters have a green spewing drink. Its completely okay in the film and the characters get intoxicated like its nothing- note that the main character who turns into a Minimoy is actually a twelve year old. Its terribly unsuitable for young children and I would never show the film to anyone under 15 because of it.Aside for that scene, and if you ignore how unrealistic and sexual the female lead's body is, its actually entertaining, unpredictable and kind of adorable.

I first purchased the version made for England, locally as a second hand DVD. It was a speculative purchase, it seemed like it might be okay.I liked it, but mostly when I re-watched it I started from when Arthur was preparing to go into the Minimoys' land and ended at the start of the journey to Necropolis.I noticed that many UK reviews either were not impressed or considered that the French soundtrack was way superior. Those views did not make much sense to me.I then purchased the Blu-ray of Arthur And The Great Adventure and found it to be fairly empty. A wasted purchase. But I remembered the comment about the French language. It was a long shot, but I checked out the Arthur series in Amazon France and purchased the triple DVD box set from there. My plan was to listen in French but watch with the English subtitles on, just the subtitles are only in French so I put my disk set to one side.December, the horror season. For Christmas I decided to check through my disks for Barbie stuff that I had not watched much yet and I also added the Arthur set to the collection, together with seasons 3 and 4 of Trachenberg's Gossip Girl. Apart from bits of GG, Christmas turned into something other than horror. I do like Barbie movies.None of the Arthur disks from France were anything like the stuff that I purchased in England. Feature 1, Arthur Et Les Minimoys is longer and includes a different dialogue to the version for England. It gels as a story. I tend to watch it all the way through, not just the middle bit.My Blu-ray of Arthur And The Great Adventure turned out to be a weak edited version of the two remaining stories, Arthur Et La Vengeance De Maltazard (2009) and Arthur Et La Guerre Des Deux Mondes (2010). If I do not re-watch episode 1 so much is because I tend to head to these as well. I also look to the final 15 minutes of Arthur Et La Vengeance De Maltazard as that has a lead in to a magnificent end credits song.One big difference between the French and the English is the romance between the 10 year old Arthur and the thousand year old Selenia. In English one accepts that there is a romance because it says so, the French version shows it. It is a real romance type adventure story, in the first feature especially.From other reviews, I get the impression that the version made for France is the cinema release version that was shown in England.

We rented this movie as one that we could watch with my three year old and I can't tell you how many times she's requested to watch it again in the few days that we've had the movie. It's very cute, the animated parts quite entertaining. I found the script to be very bizarrely written. The kid doesn't talk like any other kid I've met of that age, it's as if some thirty year old is speaking through him but that happens when an adult tries to write a child's perspective. There are a few plot holes that made me arch my eyebrow but besides that, it was very enjoyable. It's one of those fungus movies where my initial reaction was "it's okay but not one I would care to own". Now, after being conned into watching it multiple times, I wouldn't the least bit annoyed if it joined our collection.