Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it's up to him to lead all the children of the world to rescue their parents.
There's barely more invention in the animation than in the concept.
– Gene Seymour,
Newsday,
21 Dec 2001
fresh:
After Monsters, Inc., this movie may be a bit of a letdown, but there are some scenes that will delight elementary -school-age children and older preschoolers.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
21 Dec 2001
rotten:
[W]hen they went into the outerspace adventure it just got so silly and it didn't really go anywhere and it just kind of lay dead there.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
3 Jan 2002
fresh:
This little charmer both celebrates and kids the corny conventions of family sitcoms.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
6 Jan 2002
rotten:
Jimmy Neutron just doesn't have enough power to sustain itself to feature length, though children -- the movie's real audience -- may be so dazzled by the spectacle of Jimmy flying through space with his robot dog that they won't notice.