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The Rugrats Movie

In this first full-length film based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series, Tommy Pickles (voiced by E.G. Daily) takes on additional responsibilities when a new baby brother enters the picture. The infant, named Dil, is such a burden to Tommy and his pals Chuckie, Angelica, Phil and Lil that they decide to bring him back to the hospital. The kids get lost along the way and run into a group of troublesome circus performers.
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Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics

What is most likely to impress adults is that the world of the Rugrats is not idealized or homogenized. full review

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Makes little effort to reach beyond its target audience. full review

Joe Leydon, Variety

The dialogue reproduces infantile idiom even as it parodies the baby talk of adults, and a touching, didactic scene involving a baby blanket that's become the object of sibling rivalry may appeal to a broad age range. full review

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

Although it works on two levels, one thing makes it work for any age: the sense of the id unloosed. full review

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

It's a fun-filled oddity among G- rated animated movies. But some folks may conclude that the babies' creators have gone off the deep end to satisfy a '90s sensibility that favors edgy entertainment. full review

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

The pleasant surprise is that the film is a delight. full review

Anita Gates, New York Times

An embarrassingly juvenile production that would seem more at home in the midst of Saturday morning cartoons than on a big screen. full review

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Is it bright, colorful and fast-moving? Yes. Is it for me? No. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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