Calvin and HobbesGenre: Animation/Family/Comedy
Director: Pete Docter
Writer: Joshua Collins
Based on the comic strip by Bill Watterson
Voice Cast: Nancy Cartwright, Will Arnett, Blake Lively, Ed Helms, Brooklynn Prince, Annie Potts
Budget: $80,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $138,820,491
Foreign Box Office: $70,946,284
Total Profit: $47,980,389
Reaction: Calvin & Hobbes turned out to be a nice little animated hit for the studio, and the biggest hit to date for writer Joshua Collins.
"Though I'd like Calvin played by someone else, Pete Doctor gives a film that should play to every Calvin and Hobbes fan to their childhood bullseye. Everyone is amazing as you truly see the film as an genuine introduction to new fans as well as those who grew up with a boy & his stuffed tiger." - Gregory Dodge, ScreenRant
"The story of Calvin and Hobbes is all over the place, but it gets enough things right to keep it entertaining. Will Arnett is pitch perfect as the sardonic stuffed tiger, picking up the slack for the less than stellar voice work of Nancy Cartwright as the mischievous Calvin. The supporting cast does mostly good work, even if their characters don't feel as fleshed out. I could have used a bit more of a plot, but at least it was never boring."- Frank Estelle, Boca Breeze
"Calvin and Hobbes does have its charms, but it feels too chaotic, too long and too episodic to ever work as a whole. It jumps around so much, I honestly could not tell you what the actual story was. I'm not sure there was one, to be honest. It felt like a montage of hi-jinks between a boy and his stuffed tiger without any character arcs to be found." - Dave Manning, Ridgefield Press
Rated PG for crude humor
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