The Rugrats Movie

Kids will love it, parents may not.

The result is several steps above the clunky, offputting animation of the series' early episodes.

Makes little effort to reach beyond its target audience.

Fun for kids, but, despite some adult references, appeal for the over 10s is limited.

The dialogue reproduces infantile idiom even as it parodies the baby talk of adults, and a touching, didactic scene involving a baby blanket that's become the object of sibling rivalry may appeal to a broad age range.

Overstimulating and exhausting.

I think it's super cute.

Intermittently snappy and featuring slicker animation than its TV incarnation, this popular children's cartoon may satisfy its youngest fans, but it'll be a big snoozefest for the rest of the family.

A host of cooler-than-cool voices/cameos (Reed, Anderson, Curry and the B52s) and throwaway humour do keep the adults happy the whole time.