Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 American live-action/animated buddy cop action comedy film directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito handling the animation and the Farrelly brothers directing the live-action sequences. Featuring the voices of Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood and William Shatner alongside live actors such as Bill Murray, Molly Shannon and Chris Elliott, the film centers on Frank DeTorre, a slovenly zookeeper who contracts a deadly virus known as Thrax. The live-action sequences are set outside Frank's body while the animated sequences are set inside his body, which is depicted as a city inhabited by anthropomorphic parameciums. In the animated sequences, white blood cell cop Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones and cold pill Drixenol "Drix" Koldreliff attempt to prevent virus Thrax from killing Frank within forty-eight hours.
Produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and the Farrelly brothers' Conundrum Entertainment, Osmosis Jones had its premiere on August 7, 2001, and was released in theaters three days later. The film was met with mixed reviews from critics, who praised its animation, story and voice performances but criticized its live-action portions and overuse of gross-out humor. It grossed just $14 million worldwide against a $70 million budget, making it a major box-office bomb. In spite of this, a spin-off television series titled Ozzy & Drix later ran on Kids' WB from 2002 to 2004.
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