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Avg. Critic Score: 27 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
8 Iffy for 8+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Stephen Cole

    Delgo is blocky and hastily coloured in. Characters are stiff; there is little variety in movement. It's a cheapo product ideally suited for a Saturday-morning pyjama vigil in front of a small screen. And the film suffers from a poverty of imagination to boot. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    Delgo demonstrates how hard it is to create a memorable, credible-looking piece of animated entertainment. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post |

    The battles are boring and the jokes as flat as old 7-Up, but the film's color palette and creatures -- from teeny buzzing critters to a monster that looks like a giant dust mite -- offer a lot to see. It's just not enough to save the convoluted story. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Too leaden for adults and too baffling for kids. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The story is tedious, noisy and banal. It is also rather dark and convoluted for children, though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game. Read full review

  • 30
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    Delgo is a dud. Read full review

  • 25
    New York Post | Kyle Smith

    A few magic rocks and tepid battle scenes do little to inspire interest in the goings-on as Malcolm McDowell and Eric Idle spout villainy and punch lines, respectively. Read full review

  • 20
    Los Angeles Times |

    It says plenty about how torpid the storytelling in Delgo is that the end credits are probably the best thing in the film. Read full review

  • 20
    Village Voice |

    You'll just wonder why this isn't a video game you can actually play. Read full review

  • 16
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Too grim for kids and too dumb for grown-ups. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 8+ Shoddily animated adventure is too violent for young kids.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this adventure features some mature themes, including war, political corruption, armed occupation, race relations, and genocide -- not exactly what you expect from an animated fantasy film. While the language is mostly insults, and the sexuality is limited to flirting and one innocent kiss, the violence is rather prominent and frequent. The entire plot revolves around getting two races to declare war on each other, and some scenes portray atrocities that one army committed against innocent civilians. The protagonist creatures may be winged, but this is no fairy tale.
  • Families can talk about whether animated violence is more or less upsetting than real-life violence. Why?
  • Is this movie more violent than most animated films?
  • What is the impact of seeing violent behavior in the media?
  • Families can also discuss the movie's social and political themes.
  • What can we learn about the way the Nohrin and Lockni interacted? What are some ways they discriminated against each other? Kids: Could you understand what was going on, or was the story too complicated?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: The two groups of creatures can't seem to get along and frequently make "racist" remarks about each other. A character is so blinded by power and ambition that she's willing to sacrifice her family to rule, and characters are easily corrupted. But there are two strong young characters who fall in love despite coming from different backgrounds.
  • rolemodels true3 Positive role models: Not an issue
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence and scariness: A few characters are killed -- one is poisoned, one is stabbed, others are slain off-screen -- but there's no blood. Brawls break out between the Lockni and the Nohrin that eventually escalate to war on two separate occasions. Sedessa leads a slaughter of the Lockni people. Characters are threatened, imprisoned, and kidnapped.
  • sex false1 Sexy stuff: A couple shares one kiss; another couple flirts and hugs.
  • language false1 Language: Mostly disparaging remarks about the other race of creatures -- like "savages," "stupid," "inferior," "silly," "ignorant," etc.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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