Saturday, 15 October 2016

FILM: Storks 3D (dirs: Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland, 2016)

"What just happened?"

Storks feels like an animation studio let loose its quirkier employees, and the result is a bizarre but surprisingly enjoyable movie that does not hit the heights of the best of its more traditional CG-animated bedfellows but scores high on creativity and sheer bizarreness.  From deployment of songs/music to the mish-mash of styles and ideas, Storks is seldom predictable and often surprising (with everything from Looney Tunes to Tarantino in the mix).  Andy Samberg's voice work is notably terrific here, and the 3D is crisp, detailed and has wonderful depth.  Although at times it feels more like a sketch-show barrage of ideas rather than a fully-formed traditional movie, revel in the film's oddness, and enjoy this unusual and gently anarchic movie.

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