If you have never played the games or don't like them, then this film is going to feel very odd. So it makes sense why this doesn't have a great critic score. For this who are a fan of the series, it is a great companion to the video games. I had a blast watching this as the humor from the games perfectly transitions on to the big screen.

*1/2 / ***** (D-)

Having seen this back to back with "The Angry Birds Movie" it was one snooze-fest of an evening. I'm a big fan of Ratchet and Clank games so I was kinda looking forward to the movie despite the bad reviews it got. Unfortunately I cannot agree with jmovies here that people who haven't played the games won't "get" this movie. My biggest problem is that throughout the duration the movie it never feels like a movie, it's more like one big cut scene from the game.

Everything is lacking - story, characters, jokes. While undeniably funnier than the already mention TABM, the jokes still fall flat most of the time. I definitely liked how more Pixar in terms of character development the movie tried to be, but ultimately they weren't developed enough and they feel stuck in some kind of a limbo between complex Pixar like characters and simple, one-characteristic driven characters of most DW movies.

I'm sad this didn't turn out well.

Ratchet & Clank

I really enjoyed this. Delightfully humorous and charmingly adventurous. It has a Pinky and the Brain-esque quality to it mixed with an Incredibles vibe of good versus maniacal villainy. The voice performances are fun and committed, especially Paul Giamatti as Drek and Jim Ward as Qwark. I'd actually love to see a sequel, though due to poor box office it will never happen. It is such a shame. The likes of Pixar and Illumination get the successes but it's studios such as Rainmaker, Rovio Animation, and Imagi Studios that are making the best animated films.

This is the type of film that could be on repeat in my household. On in the background-type of film where you see it hundreds of times in a lifetime, like Monsters, Inc. for my younger brother and Action Force: Sink the Montana for me.

B+

Oh come on, it is hardly so out of this world that anybody who has not played the games would not understand it or find it weird. It's your basic kids space adventure flick. Easy to grasp and easy to enjoy.

I didn't hate this and while its inferior in animation, visuals and story department it does enough in fun paced energetic set pieces to make it a decent watch. A lot of voice actors were recognizable here but it does not bring down the experience here as some animation movies do. As a space adventure it was a decent fun flick that you would forget after one watch.

B