I know, you might think, well isn't VeggieTales religious -- isn't that why you like them? Fair objection -- that does give them, if not a leg up, at least a crack in the door. Nevertheless, religious claptrap and junque can be more annoying than the non-religious, if it is, well, a piece of crap.
VeggieTales is different -- I like singing "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" for the 27th time in one day. The videos are equal parts of Sunday School, cartoons, and Monty Python, with some great songs.
Anyway, all that is preface to the Ken Turan review of the VeggieTales movie Jonah in the LA Times (he likes it, he likes it!):
. . . this animated retelling of the familiar Old Testament story is playful, high-spirited and unmistakably amusing. It's nice to see that a sense of humor and a sense of values don't inevitably have to cancel each other out.Unfortunately, Jonah doesn't open in this area for another two weeks.