Metacritic reviews

Lively characters, snappy dialogue, and snazzy visuals make this an uncommonly fine animation.

A witty and delightful Christmas present for the entire family.

It all adds up to a cheekier "Lion King" on a lower budget. But what you miss in spectacle you will make up in laughs.

An energetic and eccentric animated cartoon.

Pleasant enough and its ecological, pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome.

Balances intelligent humor, slapstick, Blighty reserve and Yank spunk along with environmentalism.

Isn't going to make anyone's head explode with joy, but it is sweet and sporadically funny in its own loopy way.

Moderately witty children's entertainment.

There's no denying bespectacled, brace-ridden, homely wild child Eliza (Lacey Chabert), who can speak to animals and emerges as one of the most stirring heroines in contemporary media.

Bland but harmless.