Curious George (DVD)

Curious George is, make no mistake about it, minor fare in regard to both cinema in general and especially the animated genre, but as far as an adaptation of the children's stories by H.A. and Margret Rey, it is successful and effective, and a lot of fun for younger audiences. The film revolves around the cheeky, rather irresponsible, and irrepressibly funny monkey named George (voiced by Frank Welker), who is a great laugh for the other animals in the jungle, but of course their more responsible parents aren't so fond of him, and so cast him out, leaving him alone, and sad as a result. This is crossed with a human plot, involving Bloomsberry Museum employee ...  Read the complete review

When I was a child I had a series of books that my father used to read out aloud to me. Each book in the series was a story about a very cheeky and inquisitive monkey. His name was George and the stories were about the curiosity of this little fellow which always led him into a world of adventure. The story line is very simple as are the illustrations - straight black outlines, blocked in with the use of 4 colours only. I loved the simple drawings as a child and still do. There is something very innocent about the beloved books and pictures. The books were published in 1910 and the writers, a husband and wife team - Margaret and H A Rey obviously knew that their ...  Read the complete review

As well as bieng Thomas crazy my 2 year old son (for some reason) is also monkey mad. Seeing this dvd for a couple of quid at Asda a friend bought it for his birthday. Curious George (I have since found out) is a hit television show aimed at young children. The film takes the children on the journey of how George came to meet the 'Man in the Yellow Hat'. 'The man in the yellow hat wokrs in amuseum and is sent by the curator to find a new exhibit which will help save the failing museum. George meets the man in the yellow hat in the jungle and susequently follows him back to the big city. George causes havac and mayhem as his insatiable taste for adventure ...  Read the complete review

This Curious George DVD has an RRP of £5.99, which is pretty cheap as it is for a children's DVD. Amazon are selling it for £3.98 at present though, which is the price I recently paid for it. I think the first thing potential buyers should appreciate about this is that it's NOT a DVD containing episodes from the TV show. The characters are the same, but this is actually a full length film. I didn't read the description properly when I read this, I had no idea there even was a film available. I assumed I was buying a compilation DVD, which is what I was after as the Grandson is a big fan of the Curious George TV show. The film is almost an hour ...  Read the complete review