Non-Disney Animated Films

Other Animation Studios - Part 3

Coraline
(2009 - 100 min. - Focus Features/Universal) ****

Plot: Stop-action animated. After moving to a new home, a lonely young girl finds a secret door to an alternate reality, where she is the center of attention, and ponders whether she would be happier staying there.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(2009 - 94 min. - 20th Century Fox) ***

Plot: Computer animated 3D. Manny the mammoth leads his ice age friends on an attempt to rescue Sid the sloth from an underground world filled with dinosaurs.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
(2009 - 81 min. - Sony Pictures) ***

Plot: Computer animated 3D. When a sardine factory closes on an island in the Atlantic Ocean forcing its residents to have to eat the unused sardines, a scientist sets out to invent a machine that makes other types of food; but something goes wrong and the food soon starts raining from the sky. Based on a children's book.

Despicable Me
(2010 - 95 min. - Universal Studios) ****

Plot: Computer animated 3D. An evil scientist and his band of minions set out to steal the Moon, but things change when he meets a trio of orphan girls who see him as a father-figure.

Gnomeo & Juliet
(2011 - 84 min. - Touchstone Pictures/Rocket Pictures) ***

Plot: Computer animated 3D. Two garden gnomes fall in love and try to continue their love affair despite belong to feuding neighbors.

Rango
(2011 - 107 min. - Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon) ****

Plot: Computer animated. A sheltered pet chameleon finds himself in a lawless desert town and hailed as the town's new sheriff.

Rio
(2011 - 96 min. - 20th Century Fox) ***

Plot: Computer animated 3D. A nerdy macaw leaves the comfort of his cage in Minnesota and heads down to Rio de Janiero, where he finds love and adventure.

Arthur Christmas
(2011 - 97 min. - Sony Pictures/Aardman Animation) ****

Plot: Computer animated 3D. Something goes wrong on Christmas Eve, and Santa's youngest son must set out to deliver on last gift before Christmas morning arrives.

The Adventures of Tintin
(2011 - 107 min. - Paramount Pictures/SonyPictures)

Plot: Motion capture animated 3D. A young journalist and his dog embark on a wild adventure when competiting persons want to gain possession of a model sailing ship that Tintin bought in an outdoor market.