UglyDolls
critic Reviews
, 30% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Very young viewers may be entertained by UglyDolls -- if only because they're less likely to recognize the many familiar elements in its affirmative yet formulaic story.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
With the school holidays on, this movie is a colourful and entertaining 90 minutes for kids under 10. The songs are easy on the ear and there are a couple of good jokes for the adult minders.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
It's all pretty derivative but also pretty wacky, and there's meaning, if you look for it, on a whole lot of levels, from Freudian imagery and hints of religious allegory to the satire of reality TV.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTara BradyIrish Times
Not so much a movie as a contemplative space wherein the viewer ... explores the shifting dynamic between the eponymous plush toys and the hegemony of play.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreLarushka Ivan-ZadehTimes (UK)
Positive messaging about celebrating our unique imperfections and seeking your own truth has never felt more urgent to children in the age of Instagram. Pity, then, that this toothless and derivative marketing exercise doesn't practise what it preaches.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCath ClarkeGuardian
The songs are horrifically soppy.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreIan FreerEmpire Magazine
This paean to body positivity and living your own truth is more than welcome, but you just wish UglyDolls' message could be more charmingly argued, adroitly assembled and just plain funny.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCalum CooperSource (Scotland)
It’s incredibly tedious, and slightly obnoxious. Yet the execution of its ideas are so devoid of integrity – right down to the problematic ending – that you forget about it almost instantly.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDolores QuintanaDolores Quintana
A movie that can bring real emotion and feeling is a movie that well worth the time and good for your kids and adults. UGLY DOLLS is above average for the sub-genre of kids entertainment and is good for developing minds and hearts.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDevesh SharmaFilmfare
Ugly Dolls is a feel-good film which the under-10 kids might actually enjoy, unlike a Toy Story, which kids of all ages heartily embraced...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLonita CookKCTV5 News at 9
I will say that the music is fantastic.
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