Sequels are better.

Rating: 5/10 (25 April 2019)

Even at about 11 years old I still found this to be an underwhelming movie.
It's hard to put my finger on what exactly it was...its sitcom style humour and plot plus the obnoxious angle of friend eating friend (because, you know, he's a lion...) didn't do much for me.
With animated movies we often expect a lot of visual wit but this is one of those movies which seems to think that animals dancing along to and singing songs of previous decades in a funny accent is automatically funny. It uses pop culture references and somewhat Seinfeldian character types to make up for a lack of actual jokes or a plot that is actually intriguing. Half the time it feels like an episode of survivor.
There is so much better to watch with your children, even they will pick up on how this is not top shelf stuff.