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Avg. Critic Score: 74 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
5 OK for kids 5+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Delicious slapstick, droll wit and terrific characters make Aardman's first venture in CG cartooning a great success. Read full review

  • 90
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Shot through with cheeky wit and hilarious musical numbers by the aforementioned slugs, Flushed Away features an eye-popping boat chase through London's watery nether regions, as well as the winning vocal talent of Kate Winslet, Bill Nighy and Ian McKellen, doing his best Sydney Greenstreet. Well done! Read full review

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    It is a relief to encounter such exuberant and infectious silliness. Read full review

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    This year's wittiest animated adventure saga. Read full review

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Flushed Away lacks the action-contraption dottiness of a Wallace and Gromit adventure, but it hits its own sweet spot of demented delight. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    The film offers rousing adventures that kids will love and witty humor that adults can appreciate. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    For a movie that takes place mostly in the bowels of a sewer, Flushed Away has some surprisingly charming moments. Read full review

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    As scatalogical affairs go, Flushed Away shows remarkable buoyancy. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Result is a kidpic long on invention but short on likability. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Parents will while away the time in moderate boredom until the film unexpectedly springs to life in its midsection, then just as abruptly goes back to sleep. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 5+ Crude but imaginative adventure is flush with fun.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that kids will definitely want to see this animated adventure from the folks behind Wallace and Gromit. Not surprisingly, considering the title, it's got lots of potty humor: The storyline revolves around a rat being flushed down a toilet into a sewer, and there are references to human waste, including one scene in which a character appears to grab a piece of excrement. Lots of cartoon violence, too: Characters fall from high places and are shot at, chased, frozen, electrocuted, yelled at, and threatened. Toad is an evil villain, and Sid is a disgusting character who belches, farts, and is generally crude. On the other hand, Rita is an independent girl who can fend for herself.
  • Families can talk about whether Sid should have flushed Roddy down the toilet. Was that the right thing to do? Was there an alternative solution? How did Roddy make the best of the situation once he was in Ratropolis? Was Rita right when she tried to abandon Roddy when he needed her most? Is a large piece of jewelry worth fighting over?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Sid flushes Roddy down the toilet. Toad hates rodents and wants to flush them out of the sewer (i.e. kill them). Scenes of farting, belching, name-calling, and general rudeness. Rita threatens to abandon Roddy in his hour of need. Toad will do anything to steal a precious jewel belonging to Rita. Reference to "screaming like a girl." Decent message about expanding your horizons and living life to the fullest.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence and scariness: Roddy takes a wild ride down the toilet, gulping for air (he can't swim). He and Rita flee in her boat from villains while being shot at and threatened. A character gets "zapped" when the toaster he's riding falls into the water. A character falls and lands on a block of cement. Assorted scenes with characters being shot, threatened, yelled at, and electrocuted.
  • sex false0 Sexy stuff: Roddy accidentally kisses a bride-rat on her wedding day. Females wear tight outfits and shake their behinds. Roddy accidentally pulls down Rita's pants, revealing underwear. Innuendoes between Toad and Rita. References to Roddy being Rita's boyfriend.
  • language false0 Language: "Get stuffed," "load of old rubbish," "you idiots!"
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Everything in the sewer is cobbled together with assorted parts from name-brand appliances and everything else under the sun.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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