Treasure Planet: Critic Reviews

You could nap for an hour and not miss a thing.

The adventures that youngsters act out on the french fry-littered seats of the family minivan will surely be more exciting, and more imaginative, than the film itself.

Without the pizzazz of computer animation you can see how it will struggle to find its target audience.

Treasure Planet doesn't have the charm of Disney's last homegrown release, Lilo & Stitch, or the dazzling artistry of Spirited Away. But it's a capable and diverting holiday season adventure for a family audience.

It's all quite vividly imagined, down to the tiniest details.

Enjoy the spectacle.

As literary desecrations go, this makes for perfectly acceptable, occasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment. You'll forget about it by Monday, though, and if they're old enough to have developed some taste, so will your kids.

Despite more betrayal and loyalty than a Chris Carabba box set, there's no real good or evil here.

Treasure Planet is the rousing action-adventure Disney tried and failed to produce in last year's Atlantis: Legend of the Lost Empire.

[There's] quite a bit of heart, as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

One wants good storytelling from animated films, and Treasure Planet is working with a good one. But, like pirates hoarding gold, it gets greedy trying to wow us with too much.

For anyone who grew up on Disney's 1950 Treasure Island, or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic, this one feels like an impostor.

Directors John Musker and Ron Clements, the team behind The Little Mermaid, have produced sparkling retina candy, but they aren't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space.

It's laced with literate humor, and the directors cite N.C. Wyeth's illustrations for the 1911 Scribner's edition of Treasure Island as the inspiration for their marvelously detailed fantasy world.

Sci-fi meets sea-faring fantasy, and the mix isn't half bad.

Moody, involving and endlessly inventive, Treasure Planet lacks only the element of delight, of joyfulness that marks the very best animation has to offer.

One of the most gorgeous Disney films ever.

'Treasure Plane' starts with the clever idea of transforming the story into an old-fashioned space opera, and the animated visuals are handily up to the studio's best. Yet the film's total appeal may be undercut by a script that rarely feels inspired.

Better than OK, but no Spirited Away.

Has its moments, but it's pretty far from a treasure.

There's enough meaty plot and character left beneath the fancy effects to make watching the film a satisfying experience.

This concoction, so bizarre to the adult mind, is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned.

As family films go, this one offers an engaging and exciting 90 minutes.

This is an enjoyable though forgettable film, brightly animated but allowing itself to descend into slapstick, fart jokes and flippant humor.

The genre's recent past has set the bar quite high, and Treasure Planet doesn't quite make it over.