Despite Jack Black’s relentless enthusiasm and the impressive artistry on offer, Kung Fu Panda 4 unfortunately feels like an underwhelming and unnecessary instalment in a franchise which should have stopped following the heartfelt third outing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 25, 2024

'Kung Fu Panda' keeps the action going in a fun franchise.

Full Review | Original Score: 3 stars | May 20, 2024

As the movie progresses through its emotional beats, its subplot involving the partnership between Mr. Ping and Po’s panda dad, Li, and its menagerie of comical side characters, it’s hard to shake the feeling that we’ve been here before.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 20, 2024

True, Kung Fu Panda 4 doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, with Po up to his old tricks of fighting and eating. But Mitchell keeps it feeling fresh, especially through the addition of Awkwafina and Davis.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 9, 2024

The scenes aren't contributing to the story, so you have a film that is simultaneously frantic and slow.

Full Review | May 8, 2024

Clocks in at a brisk 86 minutes, blending together a classic, soundtrack with a steady rhythm of adventurous wit. All of it is held together by Black, who plays in multiple entertainment genres and has produced an eclectic resume of hits and roles.

Full Review | Original Score: B | May 7, 2024

This latest bout of Panda-monium feels directly akin to the third film in the franchise, a perfectly enjoyable (if probably inessential) romp with Jack Black voicing a kung fu-fighting panda.

Full Review | Apr 16, 2024

Filled with visuals jokes and tongue-in-cheek one-liners, this is as colorful as it is satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 12, 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4 is thoroughly acceptable.

Full Review | Apr 10, 2024

A fun-packed adventure perfect for the Easter Holiday crowd.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 10, 2024

With two fabulous set-pieces at the cllff-top Happy Bunny Tavern and an unforgettable Black version of a late ‘90s banger... you’ll forgive this fourth Panda its failings and foibles and simply be caught up in its flurry of fast-moving fun.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 5, 2024

If the script was sharper or funnier and if the gags were better maybe you wouldn't notice, but it does feel like a lot of it is a bunch of people in recording booths doing some schtick and them animating around it.

Full Review | Apr 2, 2024

The plot may be cursory — Po has to graduate to spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace and find a successor for his job as dragon warrior — but Black attacks it with knockabout zeal.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4 doesn’t reach the heights of the 2008 original, but this panda still has a few kicks.

Full Review | Apr 1, 2024

The future of Kung Fu Panda is unclear and the latest instalment shows signs of fatigue via its overfamiliar premise and lacklustre character development but if you are looking for something safe to entertain families, look no further.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 30, 2024

Caveats and niggles ultimately don’t dent the magnanimous-natured enjoyment. A lesser Kung Fu Panda movie remains vastly superior to most mainstream animated features.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 29, 2024

The script is just as pallid. There’s lots of hackneyed comic repartee but no real vocal chemistry between the players, a trio of cutesy prepubescent hoodlums that may feel awkwardly familiar to anyone who’s seen Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 28, 2024

The fourth installment... begs the question, "Is there really need for a quartet of Kung Fu Panda films!?" The answer is probably no, but it'd be hard not to enjoy this colourful caper that bristles with brilliant voicework and gags galore.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2024

The storyline is reasonably well thought out with some real belly chuckle gags sprinkled in that will keep both old and young well entertained.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2024

Animation aside, Jack Black's vocal energy has always been the secret weapon. He's on form here again, but with fewer jokes in his arsenal than usual, and Kung Fu Panda 4, while enjoyable, doesn't have the same exuberance of its predecessors.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2024