Gnomeo & Juliet

"Toy Story" goes Shakespearean in this animated retelling of the tale of the star-crossed lovers of Verona.

Gnomeo & Juliet stays too low to the ground to become an animated classic, but if there's a fairer midwinter's tale, wherefore art thou?

Uneven is the course, as the Bard might say, but the ride is plenty of fun.

A fun, disposable animation designed for short attention spans and lovers of garden ornaments.

The film's adherence to irony becomes tedious, especially with the supporting characters planting more adult references in almost every conversation.

A lot of thought, love and (on the part of the animators) hard work has gone into this picture...

Much of the problem is that the script is as poor as the animation is impressive.

Actually an inventive, joyous, delightful surprise.

The juvenile humor and immaturity run rampant, as do several annoyingly hyperactive supporting characters, resulting in a tug-of-war between eye rolling and grimacing.

Saved from being a complete waste of time by its stellar vocal cast.