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Movie ID: 1482
RT slug: kung_fu_panda_3
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kung_fu_panda_3
Release year: 2016
Runtime: 95 mins
Wide release date: 2016-01-29
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2016-06-28
Tomatometer final: 87%
Audience score final: 79%
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Directors: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Writers: Glenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel
Producers: Melissa Cobb
MPAA rating: PG
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-10-18 16:21:45
Updated: 2026-10-18 16:21:45
Living large and loving life, Po realizes that he has a lot to learn if he's going to fulfill the next challenge from his beloved instructor. After reuniting with his long-lost father, Po must transition from student to teacher and train a group of fun-loving, clumsy pandas to become martial-arts fighters. Together, the kung-fu brethren unite to take on the evil Kai, a supernatural warrior who becomes stronger with each battle.
Kung Fu Panda 3 boasts the requisite visual splendor, but like its rotund protagonist, this sequel's narrative is also surprisingly nimble, adding up to animated fun for the whole family.
Canonical reviews: 178
Canonical fresh: 154
Canonical rotten: 24
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 178 (154/24), 87% (86.517% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-17 19:16:37
Snapshot Tomatometer: 87%
Snapshot review count: 178
Snapshot fresh count: 154
Snapshot rotten count: 24
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4692 (full_snapshot)
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| 20th Century Fox | distributor |
| DreamWorks Animation | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Jack Black | Po |
| 2 | Bryan Cranston | Li |
| 3 | Dustin Hoffman | Shifu |
| 4 | Angelina Jolie | Tigress |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290748 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Me gusta el cine | Rotten | 2.5/5 | Mar 16, 2024 | 2024-03-16 17:00:00 | The biggest problem with “Kung Fu Panda 3” is tone: while the first two films WERE funny, the third film TRIES to be funny with too much hyperactivity and “gags” everywhere, saturating the viewers instead of making them laugh. Full review in Spanish. |
| 290749 | Jana Monji | Age of the Geek | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 13, 2024 | 2024-03-13 17:00:00 | While this is the weakest of the now four feature films, it does give Po his father and show his two fathers negotiating team parenting. Po must find his chi and fight jade zombies with the help of his biological father's panda village. |
| 290750 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Rotten | 2.5/4 | Apr 21, 2022 | 2022-04-21 17:00:00 | Overall, the animation arguably achieves the best looking of the three movies; however, Kung Fu Panda 3 is also the most inconsistently stylized. |
| 290751 | Don Shanahan | Every Movie Has a Lesson | Fresh | 4/5 | Feb 12, 2022 | 2022-02-12 17:00:00 | Its nimble combination of clever humor and endearing heart is undeniable. This is a cant-miss crowd pleaser that pulses with energy in all the right places. |
| 290752 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Fresh | 4/5 | Feb 3, 2021 | 2021-02-03 17:00:00 | The rare sequel that holds up to the original. It's respectful to the story but more importantly it's respectful to the audiences who have grown to love these characters. |
| 290753 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 4/10 | Dec 4, 2020 | 2020-12-04 17:00:00 | Visually, everything continues to advance in sharpness and movement and flashiness. |
| 290754 | Richard Propes | TheIndependentCritic.com | Fresh | 3.5/4.0 | Sep 13, 2020 | 2020-09-13 17:00:00 | We've become part of the Valley of Peace and the world of Po and his friends and mentors. |
| 290755 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Fresh | B- | Jul 13, 2020 | 2020-07-13 17:00:00 | Perhaps a simple, good-hearted story with plenty of color, comedy, and action is all that people need. And if that's the case, Kung Fu Panda 3 does what it needs to. |
| 290756 | Chris McCoy | Memphis Flyer | Fresh | — | Jan 13, 2020 | 2020-01-13 17:00:00 | Flowing freely between styles inspired by anime, Pixar, and Asian woodcuts, Kung Fu Panda 3 is easily the most visually lush film DreamWorks has ever produced. |
| 290757 | Debbie Lynn Elias | Behind The Lens | Fresh | — | Nov 5, 2019 | 2019-11-05 17:00:00 | Be it Panda-Rific, Perfectly Panda or Panda-monium, one thing is for certain when we're talking about Kung Fu Panda 3 - It's the Best.Panda.Ever. |
| 290758 | Ellie Lucas | The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) | Fresh | 3/4 | Jul 5, 2019 | 2019-07-05 17:00:00 | These are surprisingly strong but incredibly relevant themes for a children's movie, and Yuh continues to relay them with humor and grace. |
| 290759 | Rachel Wagner | rachelsreviews.net | Fresh | A+ | Apr 16, 2019 | 2019-04-16 17:00:00 | It's exciting, funny, sweet and I was consistently entertained. I want to give a special congrats to director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. |
| 290760 | David Brake | One Room With A View | Fresh | 4/5 | Apr 5, 2019 | 2019-04-05 17:00:00 | Powered by humour, a plethora of colours, textures and - most importantly - a strong story, Kung Fu Panda 3 is a film that ensures the panda himself has a legacy. |
| 290761 | Mae Abdulbaki | Movies with Mae | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Apr 4, 2019 | 2019-04-04 17:00:00 | "Kung Fu Panda 3" is very well done, the characters fun, and the fight that Po has to handle, both personal and otherwise, make for an enjoyable animated feature that teaches good lessons, while still remaining entertaining. |
| 290762 | Allen Adams | The Maine Edge | Fresh | 4/5 | Feb 20, 2019 | 2019-02-20 17:00:00 | [Kung Fu Panda 3] is a film that, while undeniably familiar, still manages to retain a bit of freshness. |
| 290763 | Micheal Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | Fresh | B | Jan 15, 2019 | 2019-01-15 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 may not have the same emotional impact as the first two films or the higher-level Pixar productions, but is still a solid bit of family entertainment. |
| 290764 | Frank Ochieng | The Critical Movie Critics | Fresh | 3/4 | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018-11-08 17:00:00 | Thankfully, Kung Fu Panda 3 is just as fresh and frothy the third time around. Quite frankly, this infectious kiddie karate chop to the giddy soul is rather charming. |
| 290765 | Jennifer Heaton | Alternative Lens | Fresh | 8.5/10 | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018-10-31 17:00:00 | It doesn't quite have the originality of the first film or the boldness of the second, but it still has heart where it counts. |
| 290766 | Jacob Oller | Vague Visages | Fresh | — | Aug 27, 2018 | 2018-08-27 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 pushes the series forward towards its potential as a centerpiece of biculturalism. |
| 290767 | Jamie Neish | CineVue | Fresh | 4/5 | Aug 13, 2018 | 2018-08-13 17:00:00 | It really is a treat to watch, the care and attention are at their highest level and the wistful, emotionally beguiling visuals as integral to the film as the tip top voice work and articulate story. |
| 290768 | Alison Rowat | The Herald (Scotland) | Rotten | 3/5 | Apr 30, 2018 | 2018-04-30 17:00:00 | Mercifully, the entire enterprise is rescued by the arrival of some baby pandas. You can never go wrong with baby pandas, as Hitchcock never said. |
| 290769 | Reagan Gavin Rasquinha | The Times of India | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Nov 7, 2017 | 2017-11-07 17:00:00 | Although a slightly over-dramatic ending holds the film back from greater heights, this is on the whole, quite enjoyable for kids as well as adults. |
| 290770 | Rachit Gupta | Filmfare | Fresh | — | Oct 30, 2017 | 2017-10-30 17:00:00 | Animated movies especially, suffer the greatest drop in quality with sequels. But Kung Fu Panda 3 is a definite exception to the rule. The third instalment is just as quirky, funny and engaging as the first one. |
| 290771 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Rotten | — | Oct 24, 2017 | 2017-10-24 17:00:00 | Long on pandas but distinctly short of magic, humour and, notably, the sort of visual spectacle we've come to expect. |
| 290772 | Sarah Marrs | Lainey Gossip | Rotten | — | Oct 11, 2017 | 2017-10-11 17:00:00 | There's nothing wrong with #3, but there's nothing especially delightful for surprising about it, either. And it's definitely not original. |
| 290773 | Joanne Soh | The New Paper (Singapore) | Fresh | 5/5 | Sep 20, 2017 | 2017-09-20 17:00:00 | The story moves along nimbly, punctuated by beautiful moments of family bonding. |
| 290774 | Ronan Daly | Film Ireland Magazine | Fresh | — | Jan 3, 2017 | 2017-01-03 17:00:00 | Building on character development and plot points from the first two films, this story manages to feel both like a complete tale in and of itself and like the successful continuation. |
| 290775 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | Fresh | 3/4 | Dec 31, 2016 | 2016-12-31 17:00:00 | Directors Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni give Po's adventures the same gorgeously stylized look as in the previous films and find good humor in Po's unexpected return to his fellow pandas. |
| 290776 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 3/4 | Dec 15, 2016 | 2016-12-15 17:00:00 | While the newness of the original film is long gone, this third installment is not just the culmination of the series but the best of them... and the perfect place to stop. |
| 290777 | Brandy McDonnell | The Oklahoman | Fresh | 3/4 | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016-10-12 17:00:00 | From the stunning gravity-defying battle sequences in the Spirit Realm to the lovely landscapes of the idyllic panda village, it's the rare animated movie worth seeing in 3-D. |
| 290778 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Fresh | 3/4 | Aug 16, 2016 | 2016-08-16 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 concludes on a definite high note, filled with eye-popping animated set pieces as well as thrilling story beats that I was perfectly entertained by. |
| 290779 | Roxana Hadadi | Chesapeake Family Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | Aug 2, 2016 | 2016-08-02 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 revisits the same themes as its predecessors ... But that familiarity doesn't lessen the film's emotional impact and solid laughs. |
| 290780 | Tara Thorne | The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | Fresh | — | Jul 11, 2016 | 2016-07-11 17:00:00 | It's hard to be cynical about Kung Fu Panda 3-it's part of a series that is so good-hearted and fun and it clocks in at a loose 90. |
| 290781 | Tim Brayton | Antagony & Ecstasy | Fresh | 8/10 | Jul 10, 2016 | 2016-07-10 17:00:00 | A moving character study and an exciting action-adventure-comedy, and it is also desperately gorgeous. |
| 290782 | Yip Wai Yee | The Straits Times (Singapore) | Fresh | 3/5 | May 24, 2016 | 2016-05-24 17:00:00 | From the colourful, psychedelic realm of the spirits to the playground-like panda kingdom, the art here is stylish and arresting. |
| 290783 | Mark Jackson | Epoch Times | Fresh | 3.5/5 | May 12, 2016 | 2016-05-12 17:00:00 | A cynical cherry-picked mish-mash of China's spiritual treasures for Hollywood's bottom line, rather than the sincere children's bedtime story it should be? It's still good. |
| 290784 | Nandini Ramnath | Scroll.in | Fresh | — | Apr 15, 2016 | 2016-04-15 17:00:00 | Part three gives a wider canvas to one of the best characters in the franchise, the high-strung and business-oriented Mr Ping. |
| 290786 | Richard James Havis | South China Morning Post | Fresh | 3/5 | Apr 6, 2016 | 2016-04-06 17:00:00 | A plot as patchy as a panda doesn't mar the enjoyment of this third look at the animated high-kicking bear and his fighting animal friends. The animation ... is super-smooth. |
| 290785 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 3.5/4 | Apr 6, 2016 | 2016-04-06 17:00:00 | One of the most pleasing franchises in animation, Po and his stalwart companions mix Western and Eastern tropes together to create a pleasing amalgam with some of the industry's best animation, both traditional and modern. |
| 290788 | Geoffrey Macnab | Independent (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | Apr 1, 2016 | 2016-04-01 17:00:00 | It may serve up exactly the same mix of mayhem, noodles and dumplings as the first two films in the series, but Kung Fu Panda 3 is still energetic and wildly entertaining fare. |
| 290787 | Erin Free | FILMINK (Australia) | Fresh | — | Apr 1, 2016 | 2016-04-01 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 is no game-changer, but it's a solid entry into a consistently fun and funny animated franchise. |
| 290789 | Rich Cline | Contactmusic.com | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 31, 2016 | 2016-03-31 17:00:00 | Both the writing and the animation are especially strong this time around, drawing in bigger themes while still keeping things both thrilling and very silly. |
| 290790 | Craig Mathieson | The Sunday Age | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016-03-30 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda is that rare film that actually benefits from the 3D process. |
| 290791 | David 'Mad Dog' Bradley | Rip It Up | Rotten | 2.5/5 | Mar 29, 2016 | 2016-03-29 17:00:00 | This nearly-five-years-later follow-up to the second effort's again flat and strained, although the animation is even snazzier. |
| 290792 | Marija Djurovic | Cairo360 | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016-03-28 17:00:00 | The third instalment in the beloved Kung Fu Panda franchise is as amusing and charming as ever. |
| 290794 | Francesca Rudkin | New Zealand Herald | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Mar 24, 2016 | 2016-03-24 17:00:00 | It's smart, colourful, easy fun for the whole family. |
| 290793 | Philippa Hawker | The Age (Australia) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Mar 24, 2016 | 2016-03-24 17:00:00 | There is plenty in Kung Fu Panda 3 that echoes the first film and the sequel, but it's not tired recycling. Instead, the movie deftly reinforces and extends what has gone before. |
| 290796 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 23, 2016 | 2016-03-23 17:00:00 | If the little-'uns aren't in the mood for a repeat viewing of the far-superior Zootopia, then this just about does the trick. |
| 290795 | Liam Maguren | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 23, 2016 | 2016-03-23 17:00:00 | We're treated to less of the same, and while that is disappointing, it doesn't deny this trilogy from being one of the best franchises to come out of DreamWorks Animation Studios. |
| 290797 | Louise Keller | Urban Cinefile | Fresh | — | Mar 19, 2016 | 2016-03-19 17:00:00 | A happy whirlwind of colour, 3D dazzle and Kung Fu madness, this third film in the panda franchise continues to blossom like its unlikely hero, who learns to become the best he can be, through his journey of self worth and belonging |
| 290799 | Munya Vomo | Independent Online (South Africa) | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 18, 2016 | 2016-03-18 17:00:00 | If you liked the Kung Fu Panda films and Monsters Inc, you will like this. |
| 290798 | Jack Bottomley | Starburst | Fresh | 8/10 | Mar 18, 2016 | 2016-03-18 17:00:00 | Another darn fun entry in this deservingly popular series. |
| 290806 | Jonathan Sánchez | Cinema Movil | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | A great sequel that's on par with the other two films when it comes to quality. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290805 | Adrian Ruiz | Excelsior (MX) | Fresh | — | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | The chi of the film is bight and mighty. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290804 | José Arce | LaButaca.net | Fresh | 6/10 | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | A simple story to close the trilogy, but one that leaves you with a good taste in your mouth. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290803 | William Venegas | La Nación (Argentina) | Fresh | — | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | Animated films bloom again with this great sequel. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290802 | Hugo Hernández Valdivia | Cinexcepción | Fresh | — | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | A saga that grows with his main character. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290801 | Eduardo Molina | Reforma | Fresh | — | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | A worthy sequel but you kinda miss the surprise factor of the original. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290800 | Edgardo Reséndiz | Reforma | Fresh | — | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016-03-15 17:00:00 | http://www.tomatazos.com/noticias/143782/Nuevas-imagenes-de-High-Rise |
| 290807 | Aine O'Connor | Sunday Independent (Ireland) | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 14, 2016 | 2016-03-14 17:00:00 | It's a role that Jack Black, who co-wrote, clearly relishes. Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen and Jackie Chan all return for what is a predictable but enjoyable, heart-warming story with lots of nice details and gorgeous colour. |
| 290811 | Mark Kermode | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 13, 2016 | 2016-03-13 17:00:00 | It's amiable, colourful fare, buoyed up by occasional moments of beauty, most of them in the dazzling background designs - both worldly and otherworldly. |
| 290810 | Allan Hunter | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 13, 2016 | 2016-03-13 17:00:00 | The film's mixture of cheerful life coaching and action-packed adventure is sweet and winning. |
| 290809 | Henry Fitzherbert | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 13, 2016 | 2016-03-13 17:00:00 | The story is a little slight and rushed in places but it has (n)oodles of charm and good humour. |
| 290808 | Charlotte O'Sullivan | London Evening Standard | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 13, 2016 | 2016-03-13 17:00:00 | The film is simultaneously sweet, simple and savvy. |
| 290812 | Jason Best | Movie Talk | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 12, 2016 | 2016-03-12 17:00:00 | The animation is gorgeous, too, drawing its inspiration from sources as richly diverse as ancient Chinese scrolls and the fantastical landscapes found on Roger Dean's prog-rock album covers. |
| 290820 | Joel Philpott | Little White Lies | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | Decent, generic fun for all the family. |
| 290819 | Alan Jones | Radio Times | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | The inventive visual side is stirring, dazzling and vibrant, an exemplar of creative grandeur and finesse. |
| 290818 | Tara Brady | Irish Times | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | Gaze in wonder at the beautiful woodcut-inspired landscapes, the 2D manga-style flashbacks, and the inventive choreography. Skidoosh, indeed. |
| 290817 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | It's sweet, irresistible stuff, but the animation is absolutely spectacular, blending influences from ancient Chinese and Japanese art with a glorious palette of colours to create something truly special. |
| 290816 | Carolina Ruiz | En Filme | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | A beautiful movie aesthetically inspired by Chinese art and a strong message about believing in yourself. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290815 | Oswaldo Betancourt Lozano | Chilango.com | Fresh | — | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | It has several lessons which may well be directed to children or any viewer. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290814 | Mario P. Székely | Siete24.mx | Fresh | — | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | Dreamworks gets another hit with this sequel that wors perfectly. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290813 | Jordi Costa | El Pais (Spain) | Rotten | — | Mar 11, 2016 | 2016-03-11 17:00:00 | The colors, the textures and the endearing characters are there, but soemthing seems to be missing in this sequel. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290831 | Tim Robey | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | The first two films laid down a distinctive visual template which this pushes ever further into trippy, sliced-and-diced abstraction, nodding frenetically to the techniques of the wuxia martial arts genre. |
| 290830 | Olly Richards | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Rather than the cynical 'one last grab' of the series, Kung Fu Panda 3 might actually be the best. |
| 290829 | Alex Needham | Guardian | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Starting in the exploding mountains of the spirit realm and concluding with a spectacular musical set piece - what else but Kung Fu Fighting? - this third instalment of the animated children's franchise knows how to impress. |
| 290828 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Nothing short of a tranquilliser dart or a polo mallet to the back of the head is apparently going to stop the gobsmackingly successful Kung Fu Panda franchise. |
| 290827 | Sergio Benítez | Espinof | Fresh | — | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 leaves us amazed by pushing the limits of the animators imagination when it comes to showing what they can do with martial arts. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290826 | Mikel Zorrilla | Espinof | Rotten | — | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | This is the weakest entry in the trilogy. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290825 | Carlos Del Río | Cine Premiere | Fresh | 4/4 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Visually stunning, Kung Fu Panda 3 is also a very fun and entertaining movie. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290824 | Carlos Díaz Reyes | Vanguardia (Mexico) | Fresh | — | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | A great 3rd part, exploring the character in new ways and showing us great action animated sequences. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290823 | Brian Viner | Daily Mail (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Po the chubby panda and his fellow anthromorphs return for another exhilaratingly silly DreamWorks adventure, this time with a formidable new villain to vanquish, in the form of Kai, an enormous, snorting, bull-like creature from the Chinese spirit world. |
| 290822 | Elliott Noble | Sky Cinema | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | In terms of optical stimulation, there's something to please all of the people at least some of the time. Even when it all gets a bit Confucius. |
| 290821 | Alex Zane | The Sun (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | Mar 10, 2016 | 2016-03-10 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 makes sure to continue the tradition of being perfectly pleasant for parents to sit through after being dragged to the multiplex by their kids. |
| 290834 | Angie Errigo | The List | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 7, 2016 | 2016-03-07 17:00:00 | While the adventure is not as entirely 'Awesome!' as its predecessor, or as its hero proclaims it to be, it is - as he is also fond of exclaiming - 'Sweet!' |
| 290833 | Stefan Pape | HeyUGuys | Fresh | 3/5 | Mar 7, 2016 | 2016-03-07 17:00:00 | In the case of Kung Fu Panda - it's never been in any doubt that there is the scope in this narrative to fulfil a third entry into the franchise, and warrant a return into this particular world. |
| 290832 | Israel Acosta Aroche | Konexión (MX) | Fresh | — | Mar 7, 2016 | 2016-03-07 17:00:00 | In spite of being the third entry in the series, the concept is still fresh and endearing. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 290835 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Combustible Celluloid | Fresh | 3/4 | Mar 2, 2016 | 2016-03-02 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 actually feels like part of the story, like it has a good reason to exist on its own, aside from just being an investment for a movie company. |
| 290836 | Janet Smith | Georgia Straight | Fresh | — | Feb 18, 2016 | 2016-02-18 17:00:00 | Endearing, action-jacked, and self-effacingly funny, Kung Fu Panda 3 simply reaffirms it has a Wuxi Finger Hold on the chop-socky, Taoist, slapstick kids-animation market. |
| 290837 | Jen Chaney | Uproxx | Fresh | — | Feb 17, 2016 | 2016-02-17 17:00:00 | Kung Fu Panda 3 follows that same template almost to the letter and punctuation mark. But it's so engaging and entertaining that its reliance on that well-worn hero's journey narrative doesn't feel stale. |
| 290838 | Leonard Maltin | leonardmaltin.com | Fresh | — | Feb 16, 2016 | 2016-02-16 17:00:00 | Kung Pow! for Kung Fu Panda 3. The third in the series is all that! |
| 290839 | John Serba | MLive.com | Fresh | 3/4 | Feb 15, 2016 | 2016-02-15 17:00:00 | There's a rich, colorful narrative to experience through a character like Po, who's a klutzy goof on the outside, but is finding the graceful spirit within. |
| 290841 | Christy Lemire | ChristyLemire.com | Fresh | 3/4 | Feb 12, 2016 | 2016-02-12 17:00:00 | So vividly immersive is Kung Fu Panda 3 - so vibrant, so tactile - it will make you feel as if you've stepped into a fully realized world. And then once you've stepped out, you'll be craving dumplings. |
| 290840 | Linda Cook | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | Feb 12, 2016 | 2016-02-12 17:00:00 | The third installment ties up the tale of our beloved hero very nicely. |
| 290842 | Robert Roten | Laramie Movie Scope | Fresh | B | Feb 11, 2016 | 2016-02-11 17:00:00 | If this sounds like a lot of eastern philosophy and religion, it is, but it is also a good story, with strong characters. There is also some kung fu action, of course, but the main story is about the spiritual journey of Po. |
| 290844 | Anna King | Time Out | Fresh | 3/5 | Feb 9, 2016 | 2016-02-09 17:00:00 | The new sequel lacks the tear-jerking revelations and darker edge that characterized its predecessor. Visually though, it's a candy-colored 3-D treat, from the exquisite sunset that shimmers over the panda enclave to the psychedelia of the spirit world. |
| 290843 | Rob Vaux | Cinema-stache | Fresh | — | Feb 9, 2016 | 2016-02-09 17:00:00 | Makes January at the movies a little brighter. |
| 290845 | David Berry | National Post | Rotten | 2.5/4 | Feb 4, 2016 | 2016-02-04 17:00:00 | As Perfect as Black is for Po, Kung Fu Panda 3 is a pretty good indication that everything runs its course. Time to let the bear live on as another actor's impression on Saturday morning TV. |
| 290846 | Kristian M. Lin | Fort Worth Weekly | Fresh | — | Feb 3, 2016 | 2016-02-03 17:00:00 | As the year of the goat gives way to the year of the monkey, Kung Fu Panda 3 is a nice way to celebrate the calendar turning. |
| 290848 | Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2016 | 2016-02-02 17:00:00 | Absolutely the only thing wrong with Kung Fu Panda 3 is that it's the third film in a series that is starting to show the inevitable signs of strain. |
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