Giving the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, Lou Lumenick of "New York Post" wrote: "Spielberg and an army of collaborators - deploying motion capture and 3-D more skillfully than in any film since "Avatar" - turn this unlikely material into one of the year's most pleasurable, family-friendly experiences, a grand thrill ride of a treasure hunt". Richard Corliss of "Time" wrote: "Motion capture, which transforms actors into cartoon characters in a vividly animated landscape, is the technique Spielberg has been waiting for—the Christmas gift … that he's dreamed of since his movie childhood". Jordan Mintzer of "The Hollywood Reporter" was also very positive about the film, describing it as "a good ol' fashioned adventure flick that hearkens back to the filmmaker's action-packed, tongue-in-cheek swashbucklers of the 1980s. Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" is a visually dazzling adaptation". Comparing it with another film, Mintzer said "Tintin" has "an altogether more successful mocap experience than earlier efforts like "The Polar Express"".