Director: Jimmy Hayward.
Starring (voices only): Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Dan Fogler, and George Takei.
Rated: U for containing mild threat, slapstick and infrequent very mild language.
Running time: 91 minutes.
Out now in UK cinemas.
Thanksgiving. It's the time of year that Turkeys fear the most. For Reggie (Owen Wilson) however, he doesn't seem to fear it as much as all the other turkeys. When accidentally separated from his flock, Reggie is forced into teaming up with Jake (Woody Harrelson) and accidentally travels back in time, to change the thanksgiving menu forever.
What begins as a fairly entertaining family comedy, "Free Birds" quickly becomes a one-way ticket into boredom. The plot is over-complicated and confusing at times, which just made me frustrated.
The film's animation isn't the problem here, but the script is. Making hardly any sense at all (its fine taking turkeys off the Thanksgiving menu, what about the Christmas menu?) the film's best jokes are wasted in the opening scene, leaving hardly anything entertaining for the last two-thirds.
Jimmy Hayward's previous films are quite a mixed bunch; however "Horton Hear's A Who" was surprisingly good and proved that Hayward is able to direct; but "Jonah Hex" was a set-back and opened to terrible reviews from critics.
Verdict"Free Birds" is a particularly soulless animation which may entertain the less 'aware' of children, but could just send parents over the edge. To liken this to "Chicken Run" would be criminal.
2 stars out of 10.
Written by Scott Gentry.
Film Rating Key
1-2 stars out of ten = Awful.
3-4 stars out of ten = Average.
5-6 stars out of ten = Good.
7-8 stars out of ten = Excellent.
9-10 stars out of ten = Amazing.
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