The Willoughbys

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**The Willoughbys** is a CGI-comedy animation on Netflix that released on April 22,2020.

## Plot

A blue tabby cat narrates the story of the Willoughbys who were once considered a proud and creative family, full of the greatest men and women for generations. The present-day Mr. (Walter) and Mrs. (Helga) Willoughby are too enamored with each other to care for their four children, both neglecting and emotionally abusing them. Tim (voiced by Will Forte), the eldest of the four, essentially raises himself and his siblings on his own, but suffers the brunt of the punishments for their actions. Jane (voiced by Alessia Cara), the middle child, is the most outspoken of the bunch, and is the most often silenced by the parents. The twins both named Barnaby (both voiced by Seán Cullen), youngest and the most intelligent, are labelled "creepy" for their lack of individuality from each other.

After discovering an orphaned crazed baby who never frowns, Jane took in that wrecked havoc in the living room, the Willoughby parents throw all five out of the house, refusing their return unless they get rid of it. Tim blames Jane for this but Jane knows where she can find a perfect home. They leave the baby, who was named "Ruth" by Tim, on the doorstep of Commander Melanoff’s (voiced by Terry Crews) candy factory at the end of the rainbow. Having never been outside before, the siblings believe the candy factory to be the perfect home, and, on their way home, begin hatching a plan to improve their home by ridding them of their parents. They concoct a “dream vacation” brochure for their parents, full with locations sure to leave the Willoughby children orphans themselves.

The parents leave immediately, leaving the siblings with no knowledge of how to prepare their own food. Thankfully, the “cheap nanny” (voiced by Maya Rudolph) their parents hired soon shows up to take care of them. Jane warms up to her immediately, with the Barnabys following soon after, while Tim remains distrustful towards her. He refuses to eat her oats despite not having eaten anything for days prior to her arrival, and shortly due to his misbehaving (accidentally throwing the oats at her as he slams his fists into the table), Nanny begins to learn of the neglect done onto the children and rushes off to Melanoff’s factory with the children in tow when she finds out about Ruth. After saving Ruth from the assembly line, Nanny and Melanoff feeds the baby some oats. Melanoff explain that he planned to leave Ruth to the Department of Orphan Services after she came in, but very quickly grew attached to her, much to Nanny's relief, and she needs a lot of attention. This makes Nanny realise that Ruth will be safe living in the factory.

Meanwhile, the Willoughby parents have somehow survived the disasters planned for them by their children, but have gone broke. Dreading returning to their home and subsequently their children, they decide to put the age-old Willoughby house up for sale in favor of continuing their adventures. They inform Nanny of their actions and demand she figure out what to do with the children on her own.

Tim, still not quite trusting of Nanny, steals her phone to find out what she’s up to after overhearing a voicemail left by his father when they arrive back at House Willoughby. He finds out about the sale and, with the aid of his siblings, manages to scare off all potential buyers the next day. Nanny scares off the "Perfect Family", saying that it's her duty to look after the kids first, parents’ wishes second, and finally earns Tim’s trust. However, prior to the potential buyers arriving, Tim called Orphan Services, believing Nanny to have ill intentions. Orphan Services arrive, making Nanny (revealed as Linda, an orphan who never found a loving home) lose her trust in Tim and his siblings and causing her to leave in tears, and Jane denounces Tim of how selfish and very rotten the boy is.

The Willoughby children are then separated and taken to separate homes, where the Barnabys stop inventing and Jane becomes dejected. Tim repeatedly runs away from his foster families and is eventually placed in Orphan Services Headquarters after running from one of them and watching the Willoughby house’s demolition. Linda, after the Cat intervenes when she is leaving the city in a bus by bringing Tim's helmet to her, is encouraged to go back for the children. Linda disguises herself as a janitor named "Phil" to sneak into Orphan Services Headquarters to retrieve Tim. Tim sadly tells Nanny that he doesn't need any help. Linda then hits him with a pillow saying if he and the siblings are not great. However she tells them that his siblings need him and brought back Tim's Helmet. They break out of the Headquarters and reunite the Willoughby siblings.

Unfortunately, the only way the Willoughbys can get Orphan Services off their backs is if they have parents. With the help of Linda, Ruth and Melanoff, the Willoughbys craft a dirigible to rescue them from the Alpclimbable Alp in Sveetserlünd—their final destination. The siblings decide to use the dirigible too early, leaving Nanny, Ruth and Melanoff. As they reach their destination, they follow a trail of their mother’s yarn to the top of the mountain, where they find their parents nearly frozen to death. The siblings and the Cat save them, confessing that they sent them away but hoping to reunite as a family. The siblings plead with their parents to come back home with them so that they could continue to be a family. The parents at first seem to realize their selfish and neglectful ways and ask each other if they should change and begin to actually take care of their children. However, it is shown they are still just as exceedingly selfish and steal the dirigible, abandoning the children once again. They do not know on how to steer it though and steers it into the lower peak of the mountain, resulting in it popping and eventually landing in the ocean.

The Willoughby children nearly freeze to death on top of the Unclimbable Alps as well, without a way to get them down. The siblings prepare to succumb to the cold as Jane sings and forgives Tim. Thankfully, Ruth, Melanoff and Nanny find them before they can die, having followed the dirigible. Now officially orphans, the Willoughbys are adopted by Linda and Melanoff, living happily ever after in Melanoff’s candy factory with them, Ruth and the Cat.

Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby survived the dirigible crash, floating at sea, and are devoured by a shark.

## Trivia

* This is a next Movie Shown only In Netflix.
* The movie is based on the book.

## Cast

* Will Forte as Tim Willoughby, the oldest brother of the Willoughby children.
* Martin Short as Father (AKA Walter Willoughby,) one of the antagonists.
* Alessia Cara as Jane Willoughby, the only sister of the Willoughby children.
* Jane Krakowski as Mother (Aka Helga Willoughby,) one of the antagonists.
* Ricky Gervais as Cat, the Willoughby siblings' blue pet tabby cat who also serves as the narrator of the film.
* Maya Rudolph as Linda (AKA Nanny), the caretaker and later adoptive mother of the Willoughby siblings.
* Terry Crews as Commander Melanoff, the later adoptive father of the Willoughby siblings.
* Seán Cullen as The Barnaby's, the youngest twin brothers of the Willoughby children.