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Flushed Away
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
The Voices of:
Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis,
Jean Reno |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Released By: |
Dreamworks Animation |
| Web Site: |
www.flushedaway.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Not too much fun
for adults, but I'd wait for the DVD. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if she's the
mother of the child you are bringing to the movie. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Rita's kinda hot,
in a cartoon kind of way, but no, no sex. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Cartoon. |
| Action: |
Some chasing. |
| Laughs: |
The slugs singing. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Nah. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nah. |
| Directed By: |
Sam Fell and David
Bowers |
| Produced By: |
Peter Lord, David Sproxton and Cecil Kramer |
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Flushed Away
A Movie Review |
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I never thought I would ever say this, but thank God for
slugs. With that, let’s get to the movie "Flushed Away."
Roddy is a mouse. He lives in some plush digs in an
upper-crust area of London. When the family goes on
vacation, he has the house to himself and makes the best of
his time. But then comes Sid. Sid is a sewer rat and can’t
believe the luck he has found by invading the house Roddy
lives in. Roddy is disgusted, and thinking he can trick Sid
into jumping into the toilet, well, Sid proves a bit more
sly and Roddy is on a journey into the London sewers.
Roddy eventually finds an entire village of rodents,
slugs, and amphibians living together in the sewers, except
he also stumbles upon a dastardly plot by The Toad, who
hates the rodents and wants them dead. Roddy stumbles into
this plot after he hooks up with Rita, who, with her dad’s
boat, might be able to get Roddy back home.
You know what, this is already getting too complicated
for a kid’s movie. First the movie is about a ruby that
isn’t a ruby, then it’s about getting Roddy home, then it’s
about a power cable Rita uses as a belt, and then it’s about
this grandiose plot by The Toad to kill the rodents during a
soccer match. I, let alone kids, have a hard enough time
following one plot, let alone a story that goes all over the
place, and from the little one sitting behind me who kept
kicking my seat, I’m guessing he wasn’t to thrilled with the
movie either.
But as I stated at the start of this review, thank God
for slugs, because as the movie trudged through its hour and
twenty-five minutes, the only high-point for me were the
singing slugs. Pretty much they were used as comedic
singers, entering the scene during turning points, and
singing an appropriate song (a.k.a. "Don’t Worry, Be Happpy,"
"Sailing," etc).
As far as the animation goes, it was decent enough, but
good animation doesn’t carry a movie, and neither did the
nice voicing of the characters by the likes of Hugh Jackman
as Roddy, Kate Winslet as Rita, and Ian McKellen as The
Toad.
For me I think the movie lost its feel by just trying to
get too complicated, rather than it just being about Roddy’s
journey back home, and realizing that life isn’t so bad in
the sewers. That and the fact it wasn’t very entertaining.
I suppose if you’ve got to take your kids to the movies,
it’s not horrible, but for me "Flushed Away" fell flat. With
that I’m giving it 2 stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
