Duda e os Gnomos

The drawings are ugly. The animation is wonderful for a 1992 movie. Luckily Pixar has shown the world animation can be something else. And this is obviously not a Pixar movie. The script is also flawed and of a far lesser quality than Pixar productions.

And what's with the morals? The woman that is not taking up her role as breeder and buys Chinese take away. The children that have to be exposed to the same constant bully students and incompetent teachers in order to magically grow "better", whatever that might mean.

My two kids loved this movie. It kept my attention as well. I liked the story, I thought it catered both to boys and girls. It is a little spooky but I don't think it's anything crazier than the monsters from Monsters INC.

Chloë (Becky G) moves into a new place with her nomadic mother Catherine (Tara Strong). The old house comes with an assortment of garden gnomes. Chloë finds a magical green crystal in a hidden attic room. She is befriended by nerdy neighbor boy Liam (Josh Peck). The realtor fails to tell them that the house is built on a trans-dimensional portal.

I do like the characters despite there are some frustrating aspects of Chloe. I do like the gnomes although the movie can do more with them growing stuff. I do like most of this movie although it's a little short. It's got the bright color animation. It's got the action adventure. It's got good character development. It's got most of it all although it could do with more. It's a good little kids movie.

I'm not sure why so many people are voting this so negatively. And honestly a lot of the reviews seem like the users didn't actually watch the movie. Let's go through the list of complaints from users... No spoilers.

• animation/cgi = I thought it was perfect, cute and great and can even compete with some other big movies with this art style. Great colors, lines, borders, reflections, particles, hair... There's literally nothing to complain about the cgi/animation.

• characters/back story/development = This is a relatively short movie. So cramming in the entire back story, characters and over all feel/direction of the movie can be tough. But I think it nailed it. Again, it's cute. The characters are all likeable and enjoyable. They all grow and develop. And for the person claiming them oozing the troggs is killing them? Did you even watch the movie? And there's some great jokes and the over all comedic feel and timing is pretty spot on!

• music = great choices. My kids literally got up and danced with every song. They're 6 and 3.

Take this movie for what it is. A cute, funny, wholesome kids movie.

Not a bad film, I would watch it with your children rather than by yourself.