paulclaassen
The film is faboulously colourful, but the story lack depth and the characters are not all that interesting. With big expectations for the film, I must admit I was a bit disappointed, although still entertaining. The 'comic relief' characters are downright silly and would have been better without, as they appeal more to a very young demographic.
Kirpianuscus
its desire to be original is the great sin. because it becomes a moralistic story, predictable and almost boring in the second part. the good part is the aspect of old fashion fairy tale, touching, delicate, full of flavor of classic stories from childhood. the great error - the not inspired title. because far to be epic, it is a small story about friendship, nature, heroism in ordinary rules, transformation of people in difficult conditions. nothing new. but comfortable if you ignore the new levels from the final part. short, a nice film. decent animation. far to be memorable. but a kind of oasis for the entertainment of entire family. and as good suggestion to return to the classic fairy tale books.
Ole Sandbaek Joergensen
Animation wise this is very good and it is a really beautiful film, the contrast between big and small and the effects of the giant "creatures" moving slow and talking slow works very well.It might not be so epic as the title would suggest, but it is very enjoyable for kids and grownups alike, there is more for the kids here and that is very reasonable, but also a few word plays that pan out better for the adult audience.I think all the bi-characters in this film make it very fun, they almost controls all the funny scenes and have a lot of goofy remarks and weird happenings.
King Critic
Being a minority, I actually read The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs (great book by the way), and when I saw this movie I felt disappointed. Again the minority, but I am the only one disapproving this movie for what it did to its source material. It paid no homeage to William Joyce, and didn't even end with a spider queen end credits scene like I expected it to halfway through the movie. Now about the movie. Getting nothing but the leaf men from the book, and turning them into a community of forest police, this movie felt bland. Things like mkay's dead mom and rembembering her again and again, and her bonding with nod about his dead parent. Why the hell do we need to know that?! Nod feels extremely unnecessary as ronin could have easily covered for him. Along with the Jar Jar Binks slug characters, unnecessary notions to characters we need to know nothing about, and sad fails at humor all this movie has is decent animation. This movie strays so far from the plot while already being in it, it is frustrating. You know this movie is trying to get you to like it with celebrity voice actors playing tiny parts,potty humor, and relateable characters and stories. The only reason I give this movie a 4 instead of 1 is because the "other dimension" thing with the bugs and forest life is clever, along with other tie-ins through small characters. I highly suggest you don't watch this movie unless you have a 3 year old who this movie is trying to impress.