Sleep-inducing and yet excessively violent, "Delgo" is a highly directive and bloated piece of animated sci-fi set in a fantastical world that never captures the imagination.
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12/31/08
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Delgo (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 36
Fresh: 5
Rotten:31
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus: Delgo features a blend of plot elements from earlier (and superior) fantasy films, with weaker animation and dull characters.
Theatrical Release: Dec 12, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $511,920
Synopsis: With its feature DELGO, Fathom Studios is looking to be the indie answer to Pixar. Blending a Tolkien-like mythos and an eastern philosophy with a heaping dose of wit, DELGO is a kid-friendly tale... [More]
Starring: Freddie Prinze, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan
Director: Jason Maurer, Marc F. Adler
Reviews for Delgo
The crude, not-so-state-of-the-art animation and artwork all too clearly show the film's 2001 start date.
12/30/08
Just try figuring out the audience for the movie, because the violence is too much for kids under 8, while anyone over 8 will be turned off by the idiotic humor.
12/19/08
Even though some of the action is fun and the world is imaginative, it loses points for having a horrible comic relief character that derails the fun.
12/15/08
I'm not saying it's a Christmas miracle. What I am saying is that the new animated movie 'Delgo' and 'The Bells of St. Mary's' have something in common.
12/14/08
If the cast is too large or filled with name actors (often many of which are heading down the has-been road), the film is going to suck.
12/12/08
Indifferently produced with on-the-cheap CGI animation, Delgo has gathered a B-name voice cast that competently moves the story along but doesn’t distinguish it in any way.
12/12/08
Although the film may be too violent for kids younger than 10 and too storybook for teens, it is a tale of mythic pretensions and can be quite stunning.
12/12/08
Top Critic The story is tedious, noisy and banal. It is also rather dark and convoluted for children, though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game.
12/12/08
Top Critic This flick is like a cheap thriller where the wisecracks always fall flat and the author couldn't be bothered to invent a new plot, so he just patches together some old ones.
12/12/08
Top Critic It's all as generic as the John Williams knockoff musical score or the Lion King knockoff dialogue
12/12/08
There isn't enough action for older children, or silly humor for younger ones; even at an hour-and-a-half, the film feels padded, and it's going to feel even slower to audiences amped up on blood-red Icees and molar-cracking Nonpareils.
12/12/08
Top Critic A few magic rocks and tepid battle scenes do little to inspire interest in the goings-on as Malcolm McDowell and Eric Idle spout villainy and punch lines, respectively.
12/12/08
Top Critic Little in the movie makes sense, the humour is forced and overall, it's sometimes boring.
12/12/08
Delgo demonstrates how hard it is to create a memorable, credible-looking piece of animated entertainment.
12/12/08
Top Critic Admirable attempt at independent feature animation is undercut by videogame-quality CGI, cardboard characters and a bludgeoningly allegorical, unimaginative story of tribal conflict and teenagers in love.
12/12/08
It's a good thing I just bought the Wall-E DVD, because I'm gonna need to watch it at least a dozen times to scrub the horrors of Delgo out of my brain.
12/11/08
The look has impressive flair and attention to detail. Its biggest weakness is too many characters, too many plot diversions, and too much violence for very young children.
12/11/08
Top CriticLatest News for Delgo
December 21, 2008:
Delgo Disappears from Theaters 
Supplanting Katherine Heigl's "Zzyzx" as the most embarrassing theatrical debut of the year, "Delgo" has taken exactly a week to go from 2,100 screens to none. Yes, none. More...
December 11, 2008:
Critics Consensus: Day the Earth Stood Still Is Lost In Space
This week at the movies, we've got an alien invasion (The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly), forbidden CG love (Delgo, with voice work by... More...
December 11, 2008:
Box Office Guru Preview: Keanu Invasion Begins at Box Office
Keanu Reeves invades multiplexes across North America with his new sci-fi actioner The Day the Earth Stood Still which opens five years to the day after the actor's last stint... More...
October 29, 2008:
One word: unpromising.
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