Beware of Unfunny Animals

Rating: 4/10 (21 October 2006)

It's not usually my style to criticize animated feature films, especially one, which has received more than acceptable reviews. However, this movie is just NOT appealing. I am a middle-aged adult who enjoys animated films. Finding Nemo is one of the best films of any genre I have seen, and the first Shrek movie I thought was terrific. It wasn't the characters. I enjoyed the character development. There was little chemistry amongst the characters. Granted there was some between the squirrel and RJ (Willis voice), but the closest thing to funny was Daddy Possum playing up to his namesake. I started and stopped the DVD three times, because I really wanted to think I was wrong about this film. Animated films, I think rely more on the scriptwriters unless it's a comedy and Robin Williams is one your voices. This screenplay was boring, the lines died, and alas so does this movie. 4 is being generous.