Recess: School's Out 2001

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Thematically thoughtful but technically feeble. Read more

Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: An appealing, contemporary piece of animation. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: There's nothing new here, not even the idea of Mikey's singing voice coming from Robert Goulet. Read more

Miles Beller, Los Angeles Times: Though Recess, the feature film, is far from innovative, it is agreeable. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Just because they're familiar doesn't mean this crew is exactly marquee material. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: There are times when I wonder why so much energy is expended finding alternatives to funny animals who hit each other with anvils. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Although it lacks the zany exuberance of the recent Rugrats in Paris, it's fast-footed and fun. Read more

Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle: It's fun, it's kind of somber and it succeeds in making you think about how you might be squandering middle age. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Its well characterised comedy of playground manners and teasing social awareness rings confidently through. Read more

Mike Clark, USA Today: Passably speedy on the level of other TV retreads that seem miscast on the big screen. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A degradation of the Disney name. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Great fun, particularly for kids used to that satirically hard-edged kind of kid show, stuff like Rugrats. Read more