Averagely entertaining overly-cartoonised animated movie. A little dumbed down for veteran animation fans

Rating: 6/10 (18 April 2020)

As with every movie, it's inevitable to compare it to the quality set by its own genre giants like Disney PIXAR and Dreamworks. And back then they knew no better so the movie is average, it provides an easy-going fun story with quirky characters and heartwarming messages. In a way it checks all the boxes an animated feature should have in order to be considered good. It has outstanding animation a staple now of Sony Animation, just like Hotel Transylvania, and it looks really good. Compared to the rest of its titles at the time, this was the best they had done, the most engaging and cohesive but it can be considered for the top tier in animation today.
However, now Sony Animation is finding its voice and its recent productions not only have brought an academy award for best animated picture in "Spiderverse", but it has had succesful franchises like "Hotel Transylvania" and now a new entry with "Connected" which looks just as funny and entertaining.
I've watched all sort of animated movies, from stop-motion to computer animated to traditionally animated, from all decades and styles including non-Disney like Studio Ghibli and even other gems from Sony Animation like Hotel Transylvania and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. I believe Sony Pictures Animation has a lot of potential and incredibly talented professionals working there. They have fresh and original ideas but unfortunately their track record is not very fortuitous I'm afraid.
They keep hitting and missing interchangeably non-stop and compared to other of its released titles, this one is one of the best. It's fun, incredibly well animated and aesthetically pleasing with great character designs and gags. But, as like with every movie, it has to be compared within its genre in order to establish a bar. Disney Pictures and Disney/PIXAR set the bar really high but other studios have met it in several occasions and so has Sony Animation winning the academy award for best animated feature Spiderverse. It seems as if Sony Animation is now realising its true potential and new releases are coming soon that look just as promising like "Connected" (let's hope it's a win)
IN CONCLUSION, the movie is harmless kids entertainment, unfortunately it'd speak little to more mature audiences as it doesn't get any deeper. It's too ridiculous and over-the-top to be taken seriously many times and due to its charicaturization the people don't seem real as they sometimes behave awkwardly and inconsistently and not in a charmful way. It doesn't have much rewatchability unless you are into ridiculous food puns and very basic plots with dumb down messages.