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NUMBERS
Box Office: $13,590,494
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CONSENSUS
Bland, unoriginal, and lacking the wit of the TV series, Hey Arnold is a 30 min cartoon stretched beyond its running time.
CAST & CREW
Spencer Klein, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd
Directed by Tuck Tucker
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SYNOPSIS
The popular Nickelodeon cartoon HEY ARNOLD! gets its big screen animation debut with this feature, directed by Tuck Tucker. more...
MPAA RATING
PG, for some thematic elements
RUNTIME
76 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jun 28, 2002
Video: Dec 31, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Paramount Pictures
GENRE
Childrens, Animated, Kids Adventure, New York City
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Hey Arnold! The Movie Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
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 "Obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"...delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
 "The animation itself, while stylized, is fairly cheap and drab-looking on the big screen. All of those are merely adult complaints and minor ones compared to the good aspects of Hey Arnold!."
-- Mike Bell, JAM! MOVIES
"The mantra behind the project seems to have been 'it's just a kids' flick.' Translation: 'We don't need to try very hard.'"
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Sweet and inoffensive."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"...the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Thoroughly enjoyable."
-- Christine Dolen, MIAMI HERALD
"Arnold's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces."
-- Harry Guerin, RTE INTERACTIVE (DUBLIN, IRELAND)
"Static, repetitive, muddy and blurry, Hey Arnold! would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"Passionate, irrational, long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula, Helga figures prominently in this movie, and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats."
-- Tom Keogh, SEATTLE TIMES
"Craig Bartlett and director Tuck Tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters."
-- Valerie Kuklenski, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"The story has little wit and no surprises."
-- Jim Lane, SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW
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"Kids surely will like it. And for adults, it's perfectly watchable in a Rugrats-y sort of way."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Lacks depth."
-- Bridget Byrne, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Unambitious writing emerges in the movie, using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook."
-- Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES
"The exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you’ll find in this dreary mess."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Its plot and animation offer daytime TV serviceability, but little more."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
"The cartoon that isn't really good enough to be on afternoon TV is now a movie that isn't really good enough to be in theaters."
-- Ken Hanke, MOUNTAIN XPRESS (ASHEVILLE, NC)
"Offers enough compelling dramatic moments and adventure to keep Arnold fans entertained."
-- Mary Kalin-Casey, REEL.COM
"A TV episode inflated past its natural length."
-- Andy Klein, NEW TIMES
"If this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards, more power to it."
-- Kevin N. Laforest, APOLLO GUIDE
"`Hey Arnold!' has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere."
-- Josh Larsen, SUN PUBLICATIONS (CHICAGO, IL)
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ROTTEN 25%
Avg. Rating: 4.9/10 |
"Hey Arnold! The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size, and it ain't pretty."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"Unfortunately, it's also not very good. Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie."
-- Nancy Churnin, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"It all unfolds predictably, and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time, providing no real sense of suspense."
-- Daphne Gordon, TORONTO STAR
"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10, but it's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald's, let alone some savvy street activism."
-- Loren King, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Hey Arnold! is now stretched to barely feature length, with a little more attention paid to the animation. Still, the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett's story is appealing."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
"Hey Arnold! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago, and parents' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing."
-- Terry Lawson, DETROIT FREE PRESS
"I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows, but Hey Arnold! The Movie is clever, offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"This may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar."
-- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
"It is great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters."
-- C.W. Nevius, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn."
-- Michael O'Sullivan, WASHINGTON POST
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"Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation cannot engage."
-- David Levine, FILMCRITIC.COM
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