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59% Tomatometer 51 Reviews 50% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings This animated comedy finds Tommy Pickles (E.G. Daily) trying to return his baby brother to the hospital after being warned by his mean-spirited friend, Angelica (Cheryl Chase), that once his new sibling is born his parents won't care about him. But, soon after they embark on the mission, Tommy and his friends lose their way in the woods and get into trouble with a pack of wild monkeys who have escaped from the circus. The kids begin to think that maybe things weren't so bad at home after all. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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Charming characters; loads of fun for kids and adults.

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The Rugrats Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review The Rugrats Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Nell Minow Common Sense Media Kids will love it, parents may not. Rated: 3/5 Dec 29, 2010 Full Review The Rugrats Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films The result is several steps above the clunky, offputting animation of the series' early episodes. Rated: B Oct 29, 2008 Full Review The Rugrats Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Overstimulating and exhausting. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 26, 2019 Full Review The Rugrats Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) I think it's super cute. Rated: 7/10 Feb 13, 2019 Full Review The Rugrats Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Sandra Contreras TV Guide Intermittently snappy and featuring slicker animation than its TV incarnation, this popular children's cartoon may satisfy its youngest fans, but it'll be a big snoozefest for the rest of the family. Rated: 2/4 May 20, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tim M A perfectly suitable foray into animated features for Nickelodeon, The Rugrats Movie will more than please stalwart young viewers. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Ciaran S The Rugrats Movie is a timeless classic with a great story, great animation, great characters, great humor & memorable songs. It's not easy trying to adapt a animated tv show into a movie because most of them become atrocities but with this film it manages to succeed in every way, this isn't just my favourite animated movie from Nickelodeon but it's also my favorite movie of all time. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Noe G The Rugrats movie it's an amazing movie from 1998 I give this film a 10/10 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 Full Review Trafalgar L The Rugrats' leap from the small screen to the silver one is a nostalgia filled romp fest. Looking back this is a surprisingly dark movie filled with peril and innuendos. Honestly, it doesn't have the wow factor that the later installments had. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/13/24 Full Review Leticia q That looks incredible I love Nickelodeon better wow Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/06/24 Full Review Ash P It's been 25 years since this movie came out and I remember loving this as an 8-year-old.I'm now 33 and watched it again after so long and honestly, this is a movie that is intended for kids.The jokes range from funny to bad.The songs range from catchy to cringey since there were a lot of them than I remembered.There are some heartfelt moments especially involving the moral of the story which kids should keep in mind when it comes to siblings, whether they're the oldest or the youngest.There's nothing to hate on this film at all, but a good laugh to think of something you grew up in the 90s being a good laugh while asking yourself what was silly and what you thought was funny as a kid but later you laugh at yourself for liking some things as an adult.Overall, this is an average movie that's targeting for little kids regardless of generation and if you grew up with the movie and the OG Rugrats like myself, I'm sure you'll have a good time with a little spark of nostalgia while laughing at what was good and what was bad.6/10. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Igor Kovalyov Director Norton Virgien Director E.G. Daily Tommy Pickles Christine Cavanaugh Chuckie Finster Kath Soucie Phillip DeVille Cheryl Chase Angelica Pickles
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Synopsis This animated comedy finds Tommy Pickles (E.G. Daily) trying to return his baby brother to the hospital after being warned by his mean-spirited friend, Angelica (Cheryl Chase), that once his new sibling is born his parents won't care about him. But, soon after they embark on the mission, Tommy and his friends lose their way in the woods and get into trouble with a pack of wild monkeys who have escaped from the circus. The kids begin to think that maybe things weren't so bad at home after all.

Director
Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien

Producer
Arlene Klasky

Screenwriter
David N. Weiss, J. David Stem, Gabor Csupo

Distributor
Paramount Pictures

Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon Movies

Rating
G

Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 20, 1998, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013

Box Office (Gross USA)
$100.5M

Runtime
1h 19m

Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, DTS, Surround

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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