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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonScreen RantPatrice WitherspoonThis breathtaking, funny, and heartwarming tale is creativity and sincere storytelling at its finest.
- The film is cute and funny, but it’s also action-packed and much more thrilling than you might expect from a Disney movie, with the same heartwarming lessons you would expect. It's a gem in Disney's new catalog.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe end of Strange World comes together as one would expect of a Disney offering, but there’s a sweetness to it that may move even the most committed cynic.
- 75USA TodayBrian TruittUSA TodayBrian TruittAn enjoyable piece of vibrant world building that steps away from the musical bent of recent non-Pixar efforts like “Encanto” and the “Frozen” flicks.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonBut after two instant classics in “Raya and the Last Dragon” and “Encanto” in 2021, “Strange World,” while pleasing, is a bit of a step down for Walt Disney Animation.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeGreat as the people and places they explore may be, however, the relatively unimaginative story consigns this gorgeous toon to second-tier status — a notch below director Don Hall’s earlier “Big Hero 6” — instead of cracking the pantheon of Disney classics.
- 65TheWrapCarlos AguilarTheWrapCarlos AguilarFor all the wonderfully weird entities and world-building — with the adorable Splat being the standout — the filmmakers are unable to cohesively merge the fanciful tone with the overbearing precepts they seek to impart.
- 50Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithWhile Strange World’s examination of generational tension is tender and inspiring, as well as nicely tied to its theme of the necessity of adapting to changing times, the film’s sci-fi elements and environmental message are more half-baked in their execution.
- 40The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeThe clunky script feels like it’s been re-drafted and re-drafted to the point of incomprehension – blowing any chance of conveying a message. However well-meaning, it makes for a surprisingly dull watch. That said, my five-and-three-quarter-year-old (and clearly a few other younger people in the cinema) were a bit scared by some of the dicier moments of action-adventure peril.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe film’s stumbling unoriginality, cliched characters and intended jokes that land like flops from a constipated greenhouse gassy cow, however earn every ounce of ire I can summon.