"Hey, Arnold!" is one of Nickelodeon's many, many cartoon series, and "Hey, Arnold! The Movie" is one of Nickelodeon's many,
many kids' films that are big on kiddie appeal but short on wit or brains. The Disney animated features and the old-school Looney Tunes shorts have spoiled us: We want cartoons to entertain adults, too. Maybe that's not fair to expect. Maybe the best we have a right to hope for is that kids' movies will amuse kids while not actively annoying grown-ups. In that respect, "Hey, Arnold! The Movie" is fine. It's a low-key affair -- boring, even -- with some bursts of action near the end and the odd funny line here and there. It resembles nothing so much as a three-part episode of the TV show that has been blown up to fit on the big screen. (The low-grade animation and coloring do not look good this big, by the way.)
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