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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatBobby LePireFilm ThreatBobby LePireMost of the cast is excellent, and the writing is very clever. Couple those elements with the fun, cartoony animation, and one gets a pleasing little family film that, thankfully, does not fit into a specific mold.
- 70VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeCourtesy of source material by offbeat fantasy maestro Terry Pratchett, it’s genuinely eccentric enough — with its sly talking cat, intrepid band of gold-hearted rats and chronic aversion to keeping the fourth wall intact — to come off as charming rather than smarmy.
- 70Paste MagazineJacob OllerPaste MagazineJacob OllerStuffed with motormouths and throwaway gags, the chunky animation can be a little off-putting, but its momentary ugliness feeds into its delightfully dark villains, its underdog heroes and the strange story tying them all together.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreEven if it’s not wholly “amazing,” “Maurice” is close enough, a flip and fun film about a rodent conspiracy.
- 60The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeThis is a film with a lot of charm, and gives cinema its most lovable rats since Ratatouille. But I did wonder at points who the audience is.
- 55TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiThe Amazing Maurice just has a frustrating way of making smart ideas seem uninspired and funny jokes not funny. It’s all in the execution, and the executioner has their hood on backwards and keeps swinging the axe anyway.
- 50Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerIt's still not quite Pratchett-y, still a little static – most especially in the oddly flat animation – and still not quite snappy enough. But that doesn't stop Maurice being an entertaining way to convince kids to pick up the book.
- 40SlashfilmBarry LevittSlashfilmBarry LevittDespite a villain that does everything possible to elevate The Amazing Maurice, this is a forgettable movie. I think kids will have a decent time with it. Adults won't be as fortunate, and it'll take a lot of restraint to not stare at their watches.
- 40The New York TimesCalum MarshThe New York TimesCalum MarshWhat should be a cute story about a mischievous orange tabby cat instead becomes an ironic, even vaguely smug movie in the vein of something like “Deadpool.”