Kung Fu Panda

2008

82 mins

Directed by Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
87%
83%
10+
Kids & Family

DreamWorks' comedic martial arts adventure, nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2009 Oscars, featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin... More

DreamWorks' comedic martial arts adventure, nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2009 Oscars, featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Ian McShane and the great Randall Duk Kim.

Lazy, clumsy panda, Po (Black) dreams of Kung Fu stardom while working away at his dad’s noodle joint. His fantasy becomes reality when, at a ceremony where Master Oogway (Kim) is to choose the next Kung Fu master, Po is accidentally selected (though as Oogway explains – “there are no accidents”). Despite objections from teacher Shifu (Hoffman), Po fumbles his way through training alongside his heroes the Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. They are preparing for the return of the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung (McShane) who is headed their way.

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Kung Fu Panda | Ratings & Reviews

87_%191 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
83_%586,984 reviews
Audience score rating
10+Age suitability
Children & Media rating

"Guaranteed household hit right here. The kids will leave the cinema kung-fu chopping the air and pleading for a pet panda. Kung Fu Panda is affable, humorous, visually gorgeous and will charm the pants off many… despite relying on a heavily formulaic story."

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Flicks

"Perfectly pleasant, very good-looking, modestly funny, dispiritingly unoriginal variant on the nerd-with-a-dream recipe that's been clobbered to death in animated films for at least a decade now."

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Village Voice

"A nice looking but heavily formulaic DreamWorks animation entry."

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Variety

"Looks great and is good fun but Kung Fu Panda is a few surprises, laughs and engaging characters short of leaving a lasting impression."

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New Zealand Herald

"The stroke of genius is, of course, the film's hero -- the big, lovable bear that is the Chinese panda."

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Hollywood Reporter

"Happily shorn of all the in-jokes and pop-culture references that wrecked the Shrek franchise, Kung Fu Panda does it the old-fashioned way: with smart, witty dialogue, beautifully designed animation, and bucketloads of visual invention."

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