Synopsis
An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.
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Cast
- Christina RicciYellow (voice)
- Sean AstinHoratio (voice)
- Jessica CapshawDuck (voice)
- Craig FergusonNat (voice)
- Elizabeth Daily(voices)
- Rosie PerezRed (voice)
- Tara Strong(voice)
- Wayne BradyBlue (voice)
- Owen WilsonRicky The Dragon (voice)
- Jess HarnellGreen (voice)
Recommendations
- 60
Village Voice
Frank Gladstone's animated kids' movie The Hero of Color City is a perfectly pleasant pastiche of other movies, the most obvious antecedent being the Toy Story films. - 50
New York Post
For parents of very young children looking for a weekend distraction, “Color City” is passable fare — and will at least inspire kiddies to finish what they start, coloring-wise. - 40
New York Daily News
For parents looking to get their preschoolers out of the house, The Hero of Color City will be good enough. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
It’s all pleasant and forgettable. - 38
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Color City is thin gruel, even by recent, weaker Pixar standards. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
The best thing about The Hero of Color City is its good voice talent — and its running time of only 77 minutes. Other than that, this is a pretty lame computer-generated animated movie that will likely not engage kids much past the first grade. - 38
RogerEbert.com
Even if you allow for the the fact that the film is geared towards the 5-year-old set, it's still a pretty dreary experience, made even more so by screamingly vivid colors, uninspiring animation and grating songs. - 30
Variety
Cheerfully exhorting imagination, creativity and bravery in children while demonstrating none of those virtues itself, The Hero of Color City proves to be a dispiritingly colorless feature-length babysitter.
