"No, thank you."
After an intriguing and delightful animated prologue, Harold and his, er, magic purple crayon go to the Real World in the form of a man-child (Zachary Levi) with his humanised-form animal friends Moose (Lil Rel Howery) and Porcupine (Tanya Reynolds) in order to look for their Old Man narrator who has grown suspiciously quiet of late in their cartoon world. Crossing paths with widowed mother Terry (Zooey Deschanel doing Zooey Deschanel) and her son Mel (a lovely performance by young Benjamin Bottani), their adventures play more like a kids' film for adults rather than a straight children's film. The central conceit of using the crayon to create real objects is visualised on-screen very effectively indeed, and the film's handling of death is quite touching, all held together with a solid performance from Zachary Levi in this kind of role as expected. Overall, Harold And The Purple Crayon is a passable mid-level entry in what has become a crowded genre.
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