Americans Hate Tingle: The film basically went unnoticed in Latin America, and a Mexican newspaper wondered why this movie was dubbed in the first place or why they even bothered with a theatrical release, since the games were never popular in Mexico. It doesn't help that there are three Latin Spanish dubs each made in different countries: theatrical (Chile), home video (Mexico), and television (Argentina).note The game was also dubbed in Argentina, and even then there are only two cases of Role Reprise.
Critical Dissonance: Upon release, the movie scored mostly negative reviews with critics, however the general audience, particularly fans of the series, rated it higher (if only by a little bit).
Harsher in Hindsight: In the initial teaser trailer, Qwark lists off a bunch of things he's expecting the film the have to which Clank sarcastically responds with "Apologies, Captain. Everyone is out making the Ratchet & Clank movie." Come the release of the film and one of the major criticisms would be that Qwark took too much of the spotlight and character development, with Ratchet getting little development and Clank playing a very minor role.
Video Game Movies Suck: A variation. It fares better to the fans of the series, but not the critics. Some have argued that its mediocrity led to the cancellation of any plans for future Sony adaptations like Sly Cooper.
