Metacritic reviews

A thrilling tale smartly told, with an abundance of wit and invention. It's a classic.

The emphasis here is less on cuteness and romance and more on the "Raiders of the Lost Ark"-style adventure.

Enough flair and conviction to keep the movie buoyant even when its plot is abrupt and its emotionality conventional.

The character designs, however, are much less impressive. Except for the oddly naturalistic Sinclair, the rest look like cartoony characters from one of Disney's '60s films.

Story line and characterization are decidedly old-fashioned, and a curious decision about production design gives this wide-screen cartoon some of the look and feel of a Saturday morning TV cartoon series

The idea that every animated feature from Disney is an instant classic officially springs a leak with the noisily disappointing Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

The eye candy can't quite compensate for the murky mess of a plot.

Has the comfortable, old-fashioned, earnest idealism of a '50s Disney action-adventure.

A fireworks show with plenty of "oohs" but not a lot of "aah" -- the story is needlessly convoluted in places and storybook-simple in others, and the characters never make the leap from drawn figures to flesh-and-blood people.

A frantic, heartless hodgepodge of pieces from James Bond movies, Indiana Jones adventures, "Star Wars" and half a dozen legends.