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starstarstarstar Rita Kempley - Washington Post
starstarstarstar Peter Stack - SF Chronicle
starstarstarstar Betsy Sherman - Boston Globe
starstarstar Tom Keogh - Film.com
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstar Keith Simanton - Seattle Times
starstarstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstarstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstarstar Ken Fox - TV Guide
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Anita Gates - NY Times
starstarstar Joe Leydon - Variety
starstar Nancy Churnin - Dallas Morning News

The red-pelted tyke [Elmo] brings a veteran’s chops to this warm and witty musical adventure

- Rita Kempley

The script keeps bowing like a reed in the wind to the youthfulness of the audience . . . did the Children's Television Workshop and Jim Henson Pictures play the film too far down for the audience?

- Nancy Churnin

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

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Sesame Street’s cute red-furred monster must retrieve his cherished blue blanket from Grouchland. Vanessa Williams, Mandy Patinkin and voices of Kevin Clash, Carroll Spinney, Martin P. Robinson, Frank Oz, Fran Brill, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Stephanie D'Abruzzo. Director: Gary Halvorson (1999, G)

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