When I saw that my idol Kevin Smith was going to be in an animated movie with Chevy Chase, Jon Stewart, and Jimmy Fallon I got really excited. The trailer showed a hilariously clever family film with a 'Lord of the Rings' twist to it. Instead I sat through the worst kids movie ever made.

This year has just been terrible with films so far.

Last years worst film was Michael Bay's 'The Island' and Doogal was easilly worse than that. The Island kept me interested for half the time, and even when the movie was bad I was still a little interested to see how it would end. There were at least a few parts that made me think 'well that's interesting' or 'Hey, thats kind of clever.'

Doogal is a dog who LOVES sweets and will do anything to get them. So he hijacks (so to speak) a cart full of lollypops and licorice, but accidentally crashes it into a magical Merry-Go-Round. The Merry-Go-Round was actually a prison and held an evil ice wizard inside. When the ride breaks, the wizard is freed, and three diamonds (that just happen to keep the entire world in balance) are sent flying to dofferent parts of the world. Doogal must then, with the help of his friends and a good wizard, find the diamonds before the evil ice wizard does.

I got bored before they found the first diamond. I actually thought to myself 'When is this going to end?' And I NEVER think that during a movie; at least not during the half hour. Even during movies like 'Transporter 2' and 'Stealth' iits only during the last, dragged out action sequence that I think 'Okay, this can end now.'

There wasn't even any good humor in the movie. I didn't laugh once. There were two characters that I kind of enjoyed (Jimmy Fallon's Rabbit and Kevin Smith's Moose) but I didn't even laugh at the jokes that they dished out rapidly. The jokes were delivered so quickly and in such great abundance that you'd think at least one would make me laugh, but NO! In fact, barely anyone in the theater laughed (except for a couple of little kids every time the moose farted).

This movie should definitely be skipped even if you are a fan of someone in the cast. Wait for the DVD and then fast forward to the part with your favorite actor. If you watch any more than that you are likely to fall asleep.

Instead, if you are looking for a good kids movie, check out Curious George and then watch out for Pixar's 'CARS' opening this summer, and Aardman's 'Flushed Away' opening this fall.

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