Synopsis
It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville--OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party. Along the way, they meet some very interesting characters indeed, including Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman), Bobby Wobbly (Carey Elwes), Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton) and Lola and Lero Sombero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schluufy's surprise birthday?
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Cast
- Christopher LloydLero Sombrero
- Cary ElwesBobby Wobbly
- Jaime PresslyLola
- Cloris LeachmanDotty Rounder
- Chazz PalminteriMarvin Milkshake
- Toni BraxtonRosalie Rosebud
- Maya StangeWindy Window
- Garrett ClaytonDiner dancer (as Gary Clayton)
- Nick DragoJ. Edgar
- Colleen O'ShaughnesseyDiner Dancer
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Parents who have had to sit through a myriad of mindless kids movies will appreciate a chance for their kids to be themselves at the theater and to be silly right alongside them. On the whole, it can serve as a good introduction to the movie-going experience. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
The song and dance interaction of kids hollering advice during Blue's Clues happens here on the big screen, which is meant to transform the movie into a social event of sorts. - 50
Village Voice
If today's youngsters grow up thinking of Christopher Lloyd as the old guy with the bongos from The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, at least they'll be thinking of Christopher Lloyd at all. - 30
Los Angeles Times
For the sake of the children, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure should be allowed to quietly float away. - 30
The New York Times
Hallie's dad said it was Rocky Horror for toddlers whatever that is. Me and Hallie are 7 and we thought it was for babies. - 30
Variety
The low-budget production feels chintzy and impossibly square, even by tyke standards. - 25
Boston Globe
Will your preschoolers enjoy it? Perhaps. Is it worth 88 minutes of their lives, or yours? Not in a world where "Sesame Street" is on TV every day. Not even in a world where "Sesame Street" didn't exist. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The whole thing runs about an hour too long: It should have been a TV show. The adventure's too big for the kids who would love it the most.
