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Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

Posted Jun 6, 08 9:10 AM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Dreamworks' animal extravaganza Kung Fu Panda isn't packed full of surprises, the critics say, but top-notch visual and voice acting lift it above the standard animal adventure fare. Jack Black gives the lead character, a pudgy panda who dreams of becoming a martial arts master, a "slightly abashed suburban-couch-potato sweetness," Owen Gleiberman writes in Entertainment Weekly.

An A-list packed cast, including  a "terrific" Dustin Hoffman as a wise old master, helps make the movie "infectious and inspiring, despite one's best efforts to resist its charms," John Anderson writes in the Washington Post. The story of an underdog—or underpanda's—battle against the odds is a familiar tale but with "enough invention and irreverence to make the film feel fresh," Steven Rea writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Sources Rotten Tomatoes, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer

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'Kung Fu Panda' stars Jack Black and Angelina Jolie pose with a panda during the Cannes Film Festival.   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows the giant panda Po, voiced by Jack Black in a scene from "Kung Fu Panda."   (AP Photo/Paramount)
Actor Jack Black, centre, and Tatsuya Yamaguchi, left, participate in a stunt on the Carlton beach pier for the film "Kung Fu Panda" during the 61st Cannes International Film Festival.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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