Charming

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2008)

Po is a big panda who dreams of being a great warrior. One day when the search for the Dragon Warrior is announced-Po heads off to see who is chosen, never dreaming that he will be chosen to be the hero and forced to fight a terrible villain.
Charming wonderful marvelous animated film from Dreamworks is possibly the best cartoon they have put out. Essentially a really good martial arts film with animals this film scores where earlier films like Shrek failed in that the point of the film is the story and not the one liners. Yes there are clever lines but its the characters and the story that are paramount.
The real story here is the voice cast which is perfect. Jack Black has a wonderfully modulated performance that isn't too much. As for the rest of the cast Angelina Jolie,Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan and Michael Clarke Duncan all disappear into their parts so well that for the most part I had no idea who was voicing which part.
I loved this movie a great deal and it was great seeing what is essentially a father and son story on Father's day.
You really should see this.