Michael's Movie Grade: B-
Review: Turn your mind off, accept the silliness and just have fun. This movie does not have ambitions of being anything but a dumb comedy, however as a dumb comedy it is actually quite funny.
Two things really make this work that is the humor and the main character. The humor is off the wall and completely silly, but somehow works very well. As silly as this humor is it seems to fit so naturally into the world of the film. More than this though the jokes actually are quite funny. Watching the film I knew these jokes were really corny, but that didn't stop me from laughing at many of them. There is also something so enjoyable and irresistible about the fact that this movie never stops to take its self seriously and continually throws good humor at us. Adding to this is the fact that the title character is so likable. Sure he is a lazy goof off, but he is so well intentioned that we always like him and feel like we are on his side. They is never any malice in his action and there is something of ourselves we can always see in home.
This movie does still have a few problems. Condorito's love interest seems very undeveloped as does his rival for her. These characters seem exactly like ones we have seen quite a few times before in other movies. The alien space ship also seems rather blandly designed, and there are a few times when the lower budget of the animation really shows.
It is hard to explain why this movie is so enjoyable, but if you just turn your brain off and let yourself have fun, you might enjoy yourself like I did.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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