Michael's Movie Grade: B
A fun little animated movie.
This Candian-Belgian-French co-production is pretty much a family friendly version of Night of the Living Dead with animated talking animals. While this plot (inspired from an idea by Clive Barker (creator of the Hellraiser and Candyman franchises)) is odd to say the least, that is part of its charm. This movie never takes itself or its plot too seriously and simply has a lot of fun with its silly premise. Even during the moments when you don't laugh at the jokes, it is hard not to enjoy the pure silliness of the film. Even with the silliness, the movie is not afraid to let some actual creepiness slip in. While not scary by the standards of horror films made specifically for adults, this movie has a delightfully creepy atmosphere and a couple scenes that are truly creepy but in a fun way. The movie also benefits from very likable lead characters and some wonderfully cartoony designs for most of the characters.
Like many animated movies today, the humor can be hit and miss. There are some truly funny moments here as well as some that fall quite flat.
While the main characters are likable here, sadly the supporting characters are quite bland. Also, many of the story points are a little too predictable.
This film was directed by Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro. This marks the first feature film directed by Ricardo Curtis, who has previously worked as animator on such films as The Iron Giant (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Shrek (2001) and Monsters Inc. as well as a storyboard artist on such movies as The Incredibles (2004), Rio (2011), Rio 2 (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015) and Ferdinand (2017). This is the second feature film directed by Rodrigo Perez-Castro (the first being Koati (2021)), who worked as a storyboard artist on such films as Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005), Rio 2 (2014), The Book of Life (2014), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and Ferdinand (2017).
This is a delightful film that makes for a fun trip to the movies.
This is a delightful film that makes for a fun trip to the movies.
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