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Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Kung Fu Panda
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Angelina Jolie, David Cross, Dustin Hoffman

Po the Panda is the laziest animal in all of the Valley of Peace, but unwittingly becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life.

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83% liked it
521,021 ratings

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89% liked it
160 critics

PG, 1 hr. 31 min.
Directed by: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
Release Date: Jun 06, 2008
DVD Release Date: Nov 09, 2008

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16 hours ago
My impression was that this film was supposed to be funny. Perhaps kids will find this bumbling panda funnier than I did, as the humour will not fly well overhead younger audiences unlike many feature-length animated films. I also wasn’t that imp... (read more)
18 hours ago
nice story, perfect casting--just look at Jackie Chan and the monkey,they're so alike..but what's more--Jack Black and Po are just IDENTICAL!!!btw,Shifu looks cute;)
1 day ago
A Sweet and entertaining history that doesn't leave any long lasting trails.
1 day ago
Si panda penakut, ttapi ia mlai bljr kungfu utk mngalahkan penjahatx
2 days ago
A great movie. Great story, animation, voices, etc. I really enjoyed it!

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427 days ago
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
One fine movie.
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502 days ago
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The aphorisms creak. The plot's an open book. But all of those clichés are part of the joke in this ebullient ursine coming-of-age tale about a humble panda destined for greatness.
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544 days ago
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The film settles into a succession of ritual spoofs of the kung fu genre, and peddles the sort of cloying preachments about self-esteem and human potential -- panda potential -- that little kids hear all the time on TV.
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544 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Everything that happens in this dull tale of Po, a paunchy panda who becomes a zealous kung fu fighter, is telegraphed well in advance.
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544 days ago
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Kung Fu Panda gets across important and inevitable plot information in ways that are novel and unexpected. Things simply don't happen the way they usually happen in animated stories.
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