Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Bland music, marquee-friendly casting and crassly contemporary dialogue give this film the mechanical feel of a marketing exercise, not a movie.

Ray Harryhausen's original stop-motion Sinbad classics are a hard act to follow, but Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore's update, couched in a gorgeous palette of indigo and dark rose, is a big, beautiful thrill all its own.

Business-as-usual movie that isn't trying to make anything more than a medium-size splash.

It's less the story of Sinbad than a compilation of greatest hits from Mythland.

A movie carefully engineered for an audience of exactly nobody.

The effects are competent, the action has exciting moments and the story is interesting enough, but the parts don't add up to a compelling sum.

Fun, if standard, animated adventure with battles, innuendo.

Despite its flaws, this is a fun well-acted piece of escapist fare with action, romance, adventure, and monsters galore.

A visually exhilarating mix of hand-drawn and computer-generated images that sets sail with a rather mediocre and clichéd script.

As routine as many live-action adventure films, right down to the competent but fairly undistinguished art and animation.

Handily outdoes [Treasure Planet], with bravura action set pieces, a surprisingly complex romantic triangle, and thoughtful exploration of moral issues and character.

While younger kids will enjoy the magic and adventure, the real mystery is whether older audiences will respond as well.