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Ratchet & Clank
U (INDIA)
2016
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Ratchet & Clank
Positive Reviews
14
Negative reviews
40
Average Rating
2.1
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2.0
Director Kevin Munroe (Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night, TMNT) doesnt give it much flash; here, the simulated camera sometimes suggests the inelegant staging ..
Av Club
2.2
Games can make formula fun simply by making it playable, but movies are stuck with a trickier standard.
Av Club
4.5
The sly grin and eye popping cartoon graphics of a Ratchet & Clank game reassures people that theres still a lot of future left in their nostalgia.
Indie Wire
0.5
The movie itself can barely be bothered to remember this cute little guy.
Indie Wire
1.5
Its certainly going to yield a better time than this forgettable misfire.
We Got This Covered
0.5
Youre better off picking up a controller and directing your own story.
Austin Chronicle
2.3
Unfortunately, this film adaptation has no sense for how to compensate for such familiarity, saving its self awareness for throwaway gags that have no ..
Paste Magazine
2.5
Its actually trying to have fun with material that should be fun, and its also actively making fun of the pieces that are worthy of mockery.
Rogerebert
3.0
I could totally see a younger audience laughing at some of the base gags, but especially compared to recent animated gems like Zootopia, Ratchet is co ..
IGN
1.0
Ratchet and Clank has been spun off from a long running PlayStation franchise which has been credited with bringing the visual richness and invention ..
Telegraph
1.0
Sure, the cast gives it the old college try, but ultimately all the gravitas in the world cant save this film from its amazingly dull story.
Cinema Blend
2.0
The film knows what it is and doesnt take itself too seriously, creating a breezy and fast paced space adventure with flashy set pieces that fans of t ..
Screen Rant
3.1
But the film makes up for any shortcomings with witty writing and vivid, brightly coloured set pieces.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Ratchet & Clank is far too derivative and frenetic to be a particularly good family movie, but kids under the age of ten or so should enjoy its nonsto ..
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Story and style details will probably be more comprehensible to regular game players.
Radio Times
2.0
And Im sure some young viewers will eat it up and enjoy every minute.
Screen It
2.0
Visually, Ratchet & Clank has its appeal.The CGI environments surrounding this duo are skillfully designed, with plenty of attractively majestic and a ..
The Wrap
2.0
The filmmakers may think that kids will watch anything that moves, especially if it reminds them of other movies.You want Minions
Film Journal
2.0
Everything about this computer animation appears cheap and tacky.
The Guardian
2.0
Converted from the Sony console game, this latest factory line animation so insistently generates intergalactic spectacle that it tramples its own mes ..
The Guardian
3.0
But these are few and far between.Expect any sequels to be direct to video.
Az Central
2.2
All the banging, exploding, screeching, and flashing amounts to nothing more than an ultimately harmless romp thats easy to forget, but momentarily am ..
Ew
3.5
Instead, we get a funny and entertaining science fiction adventure that doesnt re invent the wheel, but manages to be a fun animated movie nevertheles ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Although itll primarily appeal to tweens and under, Ratchet & Clank doesnt forget that many fans of this 14 year old franchise will be all grown up; i ..
Flim List
2.0
Theres fun to be had here for those of a certain age, but adults will struggle to engage with this most basic of cinematic re renderings.
Empire
1.5
Rocket mechanic Ratchet (James Arnold Taylor) is a Lombax, a sort of feline/squirrel with a tail similar to a lion, while his brainy, pint sized buddy ..
Susang Ranger
3.0
Parents need to know that Ratchet and Clank is a snarky, self referential animated movie inspired by the popular PlayStation video game franchise.
Common Sense Media
1.3
In a market filled with stone faced shoot em ups and irony free fights to the death, the storytelling and dialogue from developers Insomniac Games sto ..
Sf Gate
2.5
For anyone (like me) unfamiliar with the PlayStation video game Ratchet & Clank, which opened yesterday as an animated film, its one strange trip.
Boston Herald
2.5
These weapons are all in good fun and deliver fully loaded and inventive action sequences, even though the rest of Ratchet & Clank remains half cocked ..
Slant Magazine
1.3
If have young kids, youve probably lowered your expectations for acceptable family friendly entertainment.
Washington Post
2.0
It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell.
The New York Times
1.0
This is a lot of noise and nonsense, colorful idiocy good for nothing more than being an electronic babysitter for especially undemanding toddlers, ut ..
Flickfilosopher
2.5
Unfortunately, animated movies need more than solid vocal performances to succeed.The parody elements of Ratchet and Clank show promise but, by dispos ..
ReelViews
1.9
But from a storytelling perspective, the obsession with guns in a movie aimed at children is troubling, in poor taste and is lazy writing to boot.
Los Angeles Times
3.5
It has a good time and its fans will too, and the crisp animation moves everything along swiftly.
Detroit News
2.0
As evinced by a digital graveyards worth of game over attempts, adapting video games for the big screen is fraught with difficulties not least the int ..
Variety
1.8
Super Mario Bros. would have been smarter to explore the colorful world of its namesake franchise instead of what looked like rejected concept art fro ..
Consequence Of Sound
3.1
When your audience is children, its wise to avoid overcomplicating your plot and characters, and the best animated features are able to make simple co ..
Deseret News
2.0
Its flat looking and the action sequences have no spark about them.
Cine Vue
2.0
Andre Black Nerd Meadows reviews the Ratchet & Clank movie which has original voice cast, good humor, solid animation and fun action.
You Tube
1.3
Everything is as stale as yesterdays chewing gum, and every detail is trite or borrowed.
New York Post
3.5
I was never bored watching this movie, and it has enough good natured space adventuring and superheroing to keep most adults from zoning out.
Io9 Gizmodo
2.0
Its a cacophony of effects, wall to wall music, and clashing vocal performances that make you long for the quiet restraint of a Pixar movie.
Straight
1.0
Indeed, its probably less cinematic than the games from which it was cynically born.
Metro New York
2.0
Its a classic heros journey, interspersed with some beautiful sci fi visuals and a lot of hokey silliness.
Polygon
2.0
The ensuing adventure lacks the storytelling smarts of Pixar and the computer animation isnt exactly cutting edge, but the action is lively and colour ..
What So
2.0
It gets off to a strong start, with some odd humour and meta charm but as that dissipates it turns into a formulaic snooze fest.
Scifi Now
2.8
Ratchet & Clank is a colorful, sometimes action packed sci fi movie that can elicit laughter from younger audiences with its corny jokes and visual hu ..
Guide Live
1.9
In addition to the generic science fiction backgrounds, the characters all look to have been sculpted from the same brightly coloured dough. They have ..
National Post
1.0
So yeah Insomiac Games keep making those games, because youre providing more entertainment than this movie ever will.
Rendy Reviews
2.0
Synopsis The smash PlayStation game series enters the movie universe in a blaze of action, adventure and irreverent humour.
Sky
2.0
The two women here have the predictable Barbie bodies of video games and comic books; even the plucky little pals of the team up title dont give the m ..
Vue Weekly
2.5
This is an animated movie that is pleasantly self aware but that self awareness unfortunately doesnt extend far enough to make this film really stand ..
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.3
Insufferable.Ratchet & Clank is the animated movie equivalent of that kid.
Seattle Times
3.2
This isnt a movie thats out to top Pixar, but it will stand with your more basic Dreamworks animations any day.The animation itself is good too, thoug ..
Flixist
1.5
The appeal for this film is so specific that its unclear who the filmmakers want the audience to be.
Chesapeake Family
3.1
The colorful style and silly characters give the movie a kiddie show look.
Fres Nobee
2.5
Directors Kevin Munroe and Jericca Cleland deserve credit for keeping the jokes flowing and the action breezy, even if most of the humor is aimed at a ..
All Movie
3.0
The film is what it sets itself up to be, which is a cute and fun adventurous outing.Does it aim to be deeper than it is
Movies With Mae
2.0
The big screen animated adaptation keeps the basic charm of the source material, fitting snugly in the tier of movies for kids located somewhere just ..
Portland Mercury
2.5
It is too bad that the breezily bland storytelling cannot overcome its conventional confines as one may get a more stimulating kick engaging in the ac ..
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