My Little Pony: The Movie

"By the time Storm King growls, "I'm so totally over the cute pony thing," misanthropes might agree. Yet, its sweetness stampedes over the audience's resistance."

"... there's just about enough darkness and irreverence amid the candy-coloured moralising to sustain parents to the end."

"Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth's Skystar is a bundle of energy wrapped in a firecracker packaged in a dynamite."

"There will have been cumulonimbi possessed of greater substance."

"Your tolerance for nearly two hours of at times garish, throwback animation will also depend on how many empowering songs and equine wordplay you (and your kids) can handle in one sitting."

"The film is done in the classic 2-D animation style and embraces the flat, colourful, Saturday-morning cartoon look and feel."

"Attention The Emoji Movie: Your status as worst animated feature of the year might well be in jeopardy when My Little Pony: The Movie trots into theatres this weekend."