In the cultural weekly Télérama,[9] Guillemette Odicino remarked that "Jamel wants to say everything - and we understand it - in an hour and a half, about disability, the suburbs, love, fraternity and living better together" and that the resulting scenario is a bit “catch-all” , but she judges that the whole thing remains a “good surprise”, which she compares to “a Disney on soul music, written by Gérard Oury of Rabbi Jacob.

In Le Journal du Dimanche,[8] Danielle Attali judges the film “clever, lively, funny and moving” and is convinced in particular by the “comical and charming” universe to which is added a touch of poetry; she only regrets that the second part loses energy due to being more demonstrative.

In the first, Marilyne Letertre believes that the film "in fact contains all the prerequisites of a youth production: rhythm, adventure, humor accessible to all and love, in the broad sense of the term" and salutes its artistic and graphic success.

Conversely, Mehdi Omaïs, while he welcomes Jamel Debbouze's risk-taking and his work to bring Roy Lewis' novel to the screen, considers the result disappointing, judging the settings and characters ugly and the writing "uneven, unfinished and weighed down with metaphors as unsightly as an elephant trapped in a china shop (on exclusion, among others)" and had "the constant feeling of supporting a one-man show which did not really have its place in the context of an animated film" which he would have liked to be more universal.

In the cinema magazine Positif,[8] Philippe Rouyer regrets "the perpetual agitation which seems to have become the norm in recent years in animated blockbusters", but praises "the technical performance and some good gags which play on anachronisms to spin the metaphor of the suburbs and sketch a fantasized self-portrait of the charismatic Jamel.

Among the most negative reviews, the weekly magazine L'Obs called it a "totally indigestible turnip",[11] Le Figaro a "failure" with a "sluggish script" and "very banal dialogue".

The movie received negative reviews internationally for its uncanny valley appearances, some critics considered the film as it copied elements from The Lion King and The Croods.