Clevercell
Very disappointing...
Verity Robins
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
zsofikam
For everyone talking about the parents, Rosemary Wells wants kids to solve their own problems and quite frankly, I agree with her. Besides, I've looked after my younger brother all his life. Siblings should look out for each other. Also, there are parents in the family picture in their living room so we know they're somewhere. What I want to know is how Ruby managed to amass a vast collection of human dolls when there's not a human in sight. With all that said, there are a number of things that I enjoy about Max And Ruby. For one thing, the animation appears to have been lifted straight from the books and the character designs seem like cardboard on painted backgrounds (I mean that in a good way). While I do have to agree with the naysayers about Ruby being a bit bossy, but all older siblings sometimes get a bit frustrated with the younger ones and vice versa. The one thing that I find kind of annoying is Max's speech pattern. He's supposed to be 3 but he sounds more like he's about 18 months, speaking in single or double words like "hungry" or "dump truck." It's cute at first but it starts to grate on one's nerves. With that said, I find the series to be really cute and not only is it adored by many of the 3-6 year old I know, but many of my same-age friends enjoy it as well.
matt storey
This is one of the worst children's shows I have ever seen. The animation is decent and the music is fun but the so called "lessons" on the show are so misguided that they aren't lessons at all really. Everyone says Max is so bad, he's 3 and I don't even find him that bad, Ruby is the problem. Most episodes Max wants to play with her and he usually gets scolded for it or ignored...of course he's going to act out. Most episodes involve Ruby forcing Max to participate in games he doesn't want to play and I've never seen an episode where she plays something he wants to play. Now onto the lessons...there aren't any. In one episode *spoiler alert* Max is playing with a kid who keeps taking his toys and instead of correcting the kid's behaviour Ruby just tells Max to play with his other toys which incidentally the other kid again takes. What kind if message is that? It's okay for people to walk all over you? Yeah, no. I can look over the fact that they are parent-less but this show has got it all wrong.
Simon Rodgers
I've seen a few episodes of this cartoon and I must say I like its retro appearance. It looks like a cartoon from the seventies and eighties, I'm not sure if that is intentional. In the UK, the voices are dubbed by British voice actors which also seem to give it a more retrospective feel.The trouble is, that's where the niceties of this show end. The plots are quite simplistic and dross. Ruby wants to do something and so does Max and there is a little conflict, Ruby being the oldest tells Max "no" and to go and play elsewhere. Sometimes she tries to make him play in her games doing what she wants and he doesn't want to, he ends up being naughty, usually by mistake but it all works out okay in the end.I don't like the way Max talks. I know he's only three but I'm sure the programme could adapt a little and allow him to have better conversational skills. What's that teaching children? That's basically the gist of it really. I have tried to watch the show and like it but although it looks nice on the outside, deep down it's hollow repetitive junk.
angelfly333
I hate that my son loves this show. He just loves it and I do not want to let him watch it. It doesn't so much bother me that they have no parents, because there are a lot of adults around, Grandma, teachers etc. However I get so angry that EVERY story line consists of Ruby trying to accomplish a task and Max completely disobeying her and being a bad boy.. He consistently interrupts and asks for something over and over, or blatantly ignores what Ruby has told him and in the end of the show it all works out better... Thus teaching our children, go ahead and do whatever you want the total disregard of rules and respect for others because it will always work out in the end. How the creator of this show can think that this is beneficial for young children I just cannot understand. That being said I would love for her to create something a little more appropriate so that I could let my son watch.
