Movie Review: "Rise of the Guardians" Directed by Peter Ramsey

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By A. O. Scott

Jack Frost is one of the heroes in “Rise of the Guardians,” determined to help children maintain their magical beliefs

The new movie “Rise of the Guardians,” for example, works so hard at celebrating wide eyes and naïve joy that it comes close to spoiling its own intermittent wonderfulness. Directed by Peter Ramsey and written by David Lindsay-Abaire (and based on a story by William Joyce), “Rise of the Guardians,” like so much animated entertainment these days, is by turns silly, maudlin and noisy, with just enough ingenuity to make you wish it were better. [link]