Did I watch the same movie?

Rating: 4/10 (27 November 2013)

After seeing so many positive reviews for this movie I went in optimistic that it would be a movie among the lines of Ice Age, The Incredibles, or at least How to Train your Dragon. These movies are kids movies that offer something for everyone. As a 20 something year old guy with no kids I still enjoy a good animated movie when it still has something to offer in entertainment value for me. But this movie misses the mark. I really don't understand why it got such good reviews. The singing is awful. The actors all have a vocal range so similar that when they attempt to sing harmony it just is butchered. I felt like the mixing was poorly done as well. I felt like shuttering every time they hit a high note because it sounded like it was clipping. The character interaction felt forced and the storyline myopic.