The Magic Roundabout

I watched the entire movie uneasily sensing that the vital family blessing, with all its sentimental legitimacy, has somehow been withheld. The Magic Roundabout The stop-motion kids' animation classic from the 1960s and 70s here loses its innocence in spectacular, and spectacularly tiresome style. ... Full Review

However, for today's juvenile audience, fed on the smart plot lines, intertextuality and high-octane drama of other CGI features, gentle action holds little attraction.....the CGI animation is lovingly rendered, in every other way 'The Magic Roundabout' suffers in comparison to its smarter US counterparts..... ... Full Review

When Magic Roundabout Town is frozen by Zebedees nemesis Zeebad, Dougal and the gang have to travel to a distant land to find two life-saving gems. The voice talent ranges from the annoyingly good (Robbie Williams as Dougal), the adequate (Bill Nighy as stoner-bunny Dylan) and the phoned-in-by-her-agent (Kylie Minogue, who gets about two lines as a disturbingly noseless Florence). ... Full Review

Grown-up fans delighted in the series' supposed drug-culture references and political satire, but (and let's be honest) were as enchanted by its cuteness as the children at which it was aimed. Of course, this version is far slicker and attempts a bit of Hollywood-style action-adventure grandstanding, but it works both as a trip down memory lane and as an entertaining movie for (very) young children. ... Full Review

The stop-motion kids' animation classic from the 1960s and 70s here loses its innocence in spectacular, and spectacularly tiresome style. ... Full Review