Pretty Good

Brilliant and touching

Admirable film.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Fruit snacks have all the fun and yumminess and prettiness of candy, but are a little more beneficial due to being made with real fruit. Same thing with this movie. A fun-filled, colorful, whimsical fantasy, with some educational benefits mixed in with the fun.The animation is beautiful, with bright candy colors and fun zingy patterns. Viewers feel that they are accompanying bored tween Milo on his adventure, and the music is awesome, especially the Bacharach-esque opening and closing theme sung by a band reminiscent of the 5th Dimension, the Cowsills, Spanky and Our Gang, and the Free Design combined.I put this in the pantheon of great contemporary fantasy films, right up there with The Point, The Neverending Story, and Labyrinth

Classic surrealistic Chuck Jones animated feature film (with some live action parts). It's an intelligent, entertaining movie. I would say educational as well but if your kid is able to learn from the fast-paced and often tongue-twisting wordage here then they are much smarter than I was as a tyke.The plot is about a young boy named Milo (Butch Patrick) who enters a mysterious tollbooth and is transported to the Kingdom of Wisdom. Accompanied by Tock, a watchdog who literally has a watch in his body, he has a series of adventures traveling through the various enchanted lands.It's a fun, smart, sophisticated movie that won't appeal to all. Sadly, I must cynically say it won't appeal to most kids of today. Another thing: the songs are nothing exceptional but not as bad as I've seen others say. Some of them are quite good. Don't let naysayers talk you out of trying this movie. If you love Chuck Jones or classic animation in general, it's definitely a must see.

Not a great movie. I was only 5 when it came out and don't remember if my parents took me to see it. I have watched it as an adult and found it to be boring. The plot about a boy who finds life meaningless and dull - discovers a box in his room that takes him to an animated world of words and numbers and to me just plain gibberish which most small kids will find boring and not understand the puns or jokes. They may enjoy the animation and the live action sequences with Butch "Eddie Munster"Patrick but everything else will be over their heads and boring.One thing I did notice was that the character of Milo is supposed to be 10, Butch Patrick was going on 15 when this movie was filmed - however he does look like a much younger kid than 15. The dialog Milo spouts at the beginning is very adult for a kid of that age too -Like "What's the point of it all "" There's no rhyme or reason to life"? What 10 y/o would say things like that and where are his parents ? They never show any adults in his life. Simply that he needs to love life more ,the theme songs and such are really weird. Like this kid needs to see a shrink or something .Then at the end of the movie the box flys off and his friend whom he is talking to sees it in his bedroom. So we are to believe that every bored kid gets a Phantom Tollbooth to improve his outlook on life. Definitely not for kids unless you want to put them to sleep and yourself to sleep as well. I noticed that it was shelved for 2 yrs before being released, not a good sign and not promoted either, I don't think it would have mattered - banking on kids wanting to go see it again and again -no way and of course it bombed at the box office. 2/10 stars - Not worth watching except maybe for die hard Chuck Jones animation fans.

I remember seeing this on TV probably about 1973, possibly slightly later. I was 8 in 1973. Oh the memories!! They should show it more often!! I think it has only been on UK television twice in my lifetime and I am now 42.I still love some animated films, especially PIXAR movies as I appreciate the shading and rendering needed to make parts like the water in Ratatouille so amazingly realistic.Back to the Phantom Tolbooth, I think Disney or/and Pixar should re-make this film but I still love the original.Will buy it on DVD if ever it is released.