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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxInstantly forgettable but fun while it lasts, Disney's live-action adaptation of the classic cartoon is an ideal action-adventure thrill ride for kids who may be a little too young for the latest Bond extravaganza.
- 30VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonBy turns frenetic and flat-footed, Mr. Magoo is an uninspired live-action comedy.
- 30Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonLos Angeles TimesJohn AndersonCrashingly unimaginative. But its real offense is making such poor use of Nielsen.
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackOnly a couple of good gags in its pileup of otherwise lame jokes keep the production from being an unqualified stinker.
- 20EmpireEmpireNielsen's performance is truly dreadful, yet somehow it seems strangely fitting for the movie, which is unlikely even to engage the younger audience for whom it is so obviously intended. When even the outtakes you see over the end titles don't raise a single titter, you know you're in trouble.
- 20The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderPoor old Mr. Magoo should have been allowed to rest in piece. This film suggests that when you loot a crypt, you're likely to find a corpse.
- 12Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMr. Magoo is transcendently bad. It soars above ordinary badness as the eagle outreaches the fly. There is not a laugh in it. Not one. I counted.
- 10Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIf you really hate your kids, pack them off to this slapdash farce, whose only funny moment is the PC disclaimer at the end about the Disney company's humanist concern for blind people (which even literate toddlers will have trouble understanding anyway).
- 0Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's a mess best left to the nitrate ashes of forgotten film and television history.
- 0Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWith Mr. Magoo, it’s the filmmakers who seem blind.