After some breakneck-speed ellipsis at the start in order to move the action forward from the first movie, this sequel quickly settles into a much gentler rhythm than its predecessor. With a more scattered storyline and more characters, the movie still delivers for its (very young) target audience, which clearly holds the first film in surprisingly strong affection, even if there are fewer jokes (and fewer that hit the mark), less invention and overall less energy - even the final whole-group number is a shadow the first film's exuberant and well-executed finale. Thankfully, for a more character-driven story, the stellar voice cast more than delivers, and the casting of Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman as the human grandparents is genius. It will be interesting to see where the series goes from here.
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