Synopsis
Annoyed by the responsibility of being an older brother to Dil, Tommy sets out with Chuckie, Phil, and Lil to return his baby brother to the hospital. However, they inadvertently get lost in the woods during their trip.
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Cast
- Whoopi GoldbergRanger Margaret (voice)
- David SpadeRanger Frank (voice)
- Elizabeth DailyTommy Pickles (voice)
- Tara StrongDilan "Dil" Pickles (voice)
- Christine CavanaughChuckie Finster (voice)
- Kath SouciePhil / Lil / Betty DeVille (voices)
- Cheryl ChaseAngelica Pickles (voice)
- Tim CurryRex Pester (voice)
- Jack RileyStuart 'Stu' Pickles (voice)
- Busta RhymesReptar Wagon (voice)
Recommendations
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The New York Times
The pleasant surprise is that the film is a delight. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Drawn with the big-headed, big- eyed appeal that has made the TV show hot among the diaper crowd, the film has a satirical edge that won't be lost on adults but retains a sense of innocence and a joyful toddler's outlook. - 75
Washington Post
Dizzy, delightful and just a bit deviant, "The Rugrats Movie" blends all the sarcastic sensibility of "The Simpsons" with the old-fashioned silliness of Soupy Sales. - 70
Film Threat
It’s refreshing to see an animated film remain true to its audience and avoid becoming a Disney-clone. Diaper-loads of fun. - 67
The A.V. Club
Rugrats: The Movie gets off to a good start, with some amusing, albeit tame, satire revolving around the status-conscious, materialistic lives of the toddlers' parents. But after the Rugrats get lost, the filmmakers focus almost exclusively on the irritating little brats, and the film devolves into an interminable episode of the show, albeit one in which things periodically slow down for forgettable songs. - 60
Time Out
In this 'movie-isation' of the justly top-rated Nickelodeon TV cartoon, the producers have left the formula intact, changing little beyond extending the running time, fleshing out the animation (unobtrusively), inserting an 'Indiana Jones' pre-movie sequence, and giving the Pickles family a new member (baby Dylan). - 60
Variety
Aimed squarely at moppets with minuscule attention spans, “The Rugrats Movie” is a fast and frenetic animated feature that should delight young aficionados of the long-running Nickelodeon TV series. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The target audience for "Rugrats" is, I think, kids under 10. Unlike both insect cartoons, the movie makes little effort to appeal to anyone over that age. There is something admirable about that.
