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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 2636
Released: September 26, 2006 |
| Our Price: $8.58 |
| Used Price: $5.17 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment bring CURIOUS GEORGE the original "monkey see monkey do" chimp to the screen in an all-new animated adventure based upon the beloved tales that have been enchanting readers for more than 60 years.The Film Boasts an All-Star Cast including Will Ferrell Drew Barrymore Eugene Levy Dick Van Dyke David Cross and Joan Plowright!This Little Monkey is a Big Brand! 97% Awareness with Moms!System Requirements:Running Time: 88 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: G UPC: 025192615924 Manufacturer No: 61026159
Description of Curious George (Widescreen Edition):
A wild collection of hip actors--from Will Ferrell to Drew Barrymore to David Cross--provide voices for Curious George, based on the classic, gentle children's books. Ted (voiced by Ferrell, Elf) works at a natural history museum that's fallen on hard times. The museum director's son (Cross, Arrested Development) wants to turn it into a parking lot, but Ted offers to bring back a mysterious idol from Africa that's guaranteed to pull in crowds. Unfortunately, the idol turns out to be three inches tall. But Ted (who, before he heads on safari, gets outfitted in head-to-toe yellow, transforming him into the beloved Man in the Yellow Hat from the books) accidentally brings back a lonely yet irrepressible monkey, soon dubbed George. In no time at all George gets into all kinds of mischief--painting an apartment, soaring aloft with a bunch of helium-filled balloons, climbing on a dinosaur skeleton, and generally getting Ted into hot water. Older fans of the books will probably wince at the formulaic save-the-museum storyline, as well as at the obligatory love interest (Barrymore, Charlie's Angels) whose role is utterly passive. Jack Johnson's songs are so bland you can't remember the melodies even as you're listening to them, and the animation (an odd but not ineffective blend of two-dimensional drawing and CGI) has grossly cutified the book's illustrations, eroding their origina charm (the contrast is made sadly clear by a montage of the original drawings over the closing credits). But the basic relationship between man and monkey remains sweet, and younger kids will delight in George's innocent troublemaking. --Bret Fetzer
Curious George (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Yes, 20 minues of heaven 
2008-08-25 - I got this movie because we would show the opening intro to our six month old on youtube and he loved it. This is a sweet simple story but is definitely not geared for adults or people who don't like Jack Johnson since he wrote the soundtrack. That being said, I'm a kid and heart and like Jack Johnson and my now seven month old will actually sit and watch this movie for a good 20 minutes on his own while I get housework done, I'm absolutely in love with the cute little movie. I highly recommend it to mothers with young children.
DVD
2008-07-28 - My grand daughter loves George. Good price and good service. Will shop again and would recommend to anyone.
Refreshingly innocent
2008-06-17 - Love how innocent this movie is. There isn't anything that I worry about being inappropriate like with some other "kid" movies. And I think the animation is really nice as well, with rich, bright colors. The soundtrack is nice and mellow (great until you've heard it a few hundred times in a row).
Not like the TV show. 
2008-04-07 - Tells the origional story nicely but I thought it would be a little more like the TV show. My son expexted engagment from the start but it begins a little on the slow side and lacks attention grabbers later in the film. No bad but if a show ain't broke...
Awesome DVD
2008-04-04 - I got this for my son's birthday on April 15th. He has played this video so many times I just had to get it for him. I only paid about $10 for such a great movie. Thanks Amazon!
