Review of Blinky Bill the Movie (2015) by Peta M — 23 May 2016

To me it was a rip off of Lion King ... Couldn't really get into it.

This review of Blinky Bill the Movie (2015) was written by Peta M on 23 May 2016.

Blinky Bill the Movie has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Judith G (5) on 25 Aug 2016

Brill film enjoyed by both me and the kids especially seen as I grew up watching Blinky it really brought something back…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 24 Sep 2015

Sweet-hearted, brightly animated, fun-filled children's film...easily the measure of the stuff we see from mega-studios such as Dreamworks…

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By Shirley Sealy (140) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 05 Oct 2016

The thing that makes us sit up and take notice here is the sheer Aussie-ness of the characters, as well as the strange and wondrous depiction…

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By Kent D (108) on 02 Oct 2015

Perfect for the kids, with some great voice work by Aussie legends like Barry Otto, Barry Humphries, Toni Collette, and David Wenham…

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By Travis B (204) on 28 Nov 2015

The first act's setting of Green Patch and its characters would have been a far more interesting location for the movie than the drab, brown…

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By Opra W (9) on 15 Feb 2017

Great movie, though I admit the animation can be clunky at times. The aussie theme gives it a very original spin…

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By Luke Buckmaster (275) for Guardian (4,584) on 15 Sep 2015

Blinky’s cranked-to-11 embrace of Australianisms feels a little tacky, like looking inside one of those city shops that flog kangaroo keyrings…

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By Steve P (906) on 03 Oct 2015

Unlike Oddball Blinky is a true family film through and through and while it does have a few missteps in regards to writing, it is something…

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By Giles Hardie (120) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 23 Sep 2015

A nice film - with all the positives and few negatives that entails…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 09 Oct 2016

Blinky Bill the koala (which first featured in a children's book in 1933) is given a thunderously bland computer-animated makeover…

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