Rotten
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.
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
A high-flying family adventure filled with friendship and love.
2012 · 1h 27m · G
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Matthew Diamond
Overview
It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves, 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, Bobby Wobbly, Milky Marvin, Rosalie Rosebud and Lola and Lero Sombero. Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schluufy's surprise birthday?
Director and cast
- Matthew Diamond Director
- Christopher Lloyd as Lero Sombrero
- Cary Elwes as Bobby Wobbly
- Jaime Pressly as Lola
- Cloris Leachman as Dotty Rounder
- Chazz Palminteri as Marvin Milkshake
- Toni Braxton as Rosalie Rosebud
- Maya Stange as Windy Window
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Diner Dancer
- Garrett Clayton as Diner dancer (as Gary Clayton)
- Nick Drago as J. Edgar
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If only there were something on screen to keep your adult brain from dissolving into strained peas.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
A prime contender for most peculiar wide release of the year.
Geoff Berkshire, Variety
Fresh
There are no villains in this movie but there's lots of suspense and problem solving involved in retrieving the balloons.
Abby West, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
It's like paying to watch a dumbed-down mash-up of the least creative parts of "Teletubbies," "Barney & Friends," and "Pee-wee's Playhouse."
Loren King, Boston Globe
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