Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

So today, it was my 2nd time in 3 years watching this film. I first watched it when it came out like 6 times and I was 10-11 years of age back then. I loved it then and I still love it now. However, as of now, I can admit it does have quite a bit of flaws. I will go into more detail here in a moment. Just taking note that despite these flaws, it's not nearly as bad as everybody say, they're being overreactive by focusing on the negatives rather than the positives.Firstly, Henry at times during the movie was a bit out of character. He is quite nice at times during it and not necessarily "horrid". However, he is still quite a bad boy in the film, still kind of living up to his name, "Horrid Henry". Secondly, some scenes were very weird like how it showed Ms. Oddbod rushing to the board to ban Zero Zombies from the talent contest. It was very weird and at this age of maturity, it is a bit too weird for me to watch. Thirdly, Peter, as always, is an annoying lil' goody too shorts. I do not like Peter, especially at the beginning. However, this is not much of a flaw as he becomes less annoying as the film goes on. Like I love the fact that Peter and Henry are kind of co-operating, not exactly co-operating because Henry is trying to win 2 Cool 4 School whilst Peter is with Ms. Lovely in Brickhouse trying to get evidence to Ms. Oddbod that the school inspectors are trying to get Ashton to close down. It has more flaws and some very weird ones but there are many things I like about this film. My favourite part I can say is Zero Zombies on the stage performing Gonna Be A Rockstar as it is such a cool song. I also love how Vicious Vicky goes to bite Sidmouth because I hate him so much. And for me in this film, the good parts overtake the flaws, not by a large amount though which is why I give it a 6/10 overall. I recommend this film for the ages 6-11, none younger, none older - unless you're like me who likes nostalgia.

Words cannot describe the hate I have for this movie. Yes hate. First of all everyone looks very different from the real characters, some look very daunting than they should and the effects are so unbelievably fake it's disgusting especially the way Henry turns into a dinosaur, that bit was so unrealistic and disappointing. They have tried way too hard to make it look like the original show and they have ruined it completely. Not to mention, Henry's mother was one of the biggest flops, her acting was DISGRACEFUL, fake, unreal and disappointing. The film to me was a big joke. Thinking about this movie makes me cringe!!! Peter and Henry were the only 'suitable' and 'bearable' actors, the rest were a disappointment. Also, another reason why this movie is awful is because of the amount of yellow used in the whole movie! ESPECIALLY the house, it looks like an obvious SET and a playhouse with the brightest of yellows ever used which could have caused serious damage to my eye sight if I watched just 10 minutes more of the film!!! *LAUGH OUT LOUD*

Sometimes as adults, we have stressful days at work, and on occasion as part of the unwind process, I have been known to dig out kids films - often something that one can follow without having to think too hard about what's going on.Horrid Henry: The Movie doesn't require a massive amount of thought process if you know anything at all about the book series - it basically boils down to the lead character being a stereotypical schoolboy - to hate school and girls, and to love anything gross and disgusting with his friends.Not having to think too hard about the film when watching is helpful, because if you did, you'd see a plot so thinly stretched it was in danger of breaking as soon as anybody opened their mouth. The sequence of events becomes more surreal as the film progresses, and as for the 2 Cool 4 School segment... the chain of events in 2 Cool 4 School isn't too far detached from reality but the presenters definitely are.Theo Stevenson plays the main lead of Horrid Henry. Stevenson has clearly thrown his heart and soul into this role (he said in pre-release interviews he loved the books) and gives us a highly spirited and energetic performance while managing to avoid being irritating. The same cannot be said unfortunately for the rest of the kids including, ironically enough, Perfect Peter.Of the adult cast, Anjelica Huston is Henry's teacher, done well here. Richard E. Grant also features as does Mathew Horne (of Bad Education fame and others) and I was pleasantly surprised to see Prunella Scales make a guest appearance as well. Dick & Dom seem to split opinion on everything they do but unfortunately they were both so far beyond irritating in here as their characters that having a hole drilled in my head would have been more pleasurable...A just about watchable film if you switch off your brain prior to viewing and/or need something to unwind with but beyond that if you're not used to kids films this will probably annoy the living daylights out of you. Youngsters and die-hard Horrid Henry fans will probably lap it up.

When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him forming an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, and his irritating little brother Perfect Peter.Together, they outwit corrupt School Inspectors and toppling an evil Headmaster, winning a talent contest and facing his ultimate nemesis with no way out - all because he is trying to save the very school which he has always professed to hate! Take most of Britains talent, give them an awful script and some cringe inducing acts to do, and you have this poor excuse of a movie.My daughter loves the animated series, but she really got fed up after the second act. It's a travesty to see such talent look so awkward with the little that they are given.And I though E. Grant was hamming it up in Hudson Hawk! He really takes the biscuit in this.The best thing about this is Huston, giving it her all in such a mess.