A fine voice cast including Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost and Catherine Tate are the only saving grace for this cobbled-together Frankenstein of a film
Here’s a silly hyperactive monster animation that feels like it could’ve been scripted by a giddy six-year-old after lashings of jelly and ice-cream. (In this world Dracula straps on jet-packs and superhero latex to fly through the air. What’s wrong with bat wings?) The whole thing is exhausting, with too much slapstick, too few decent laughs and a care-y share-y message of family togetherness. It lacks even the tinge of darkness you’d expect from a movie about the stuff of bad dreams. The only treat is the voice cast of excellent British actors.
Frazzled Emma Wishbone (Emily Watson) is the owner of a failing New York bookshop and mum of two kids who can’t stand the sight of each other: stroppy...
Here’s a silly hyperactive monster animation that feels like it could’ve been scripted by a giddy six-year-old after lashings of jelly and ice-cream. (In this world Dracula straps on jet-packs and superhero latex to fly through the air. What’s wrong with bat wings?) The whole thing is exhausting, with too much slapstick, too few decent laughs and a care-y share-y message of family togetherness. It lacks even the tinge of darkness you’d expect from a movie about the stuff of bad dreams. The only treat is the voice cast of excellent British actors.
Frazzled Emma Wishbone (Emily Watson) is the owner of a failing New York bookshop and mum of two kids who can’t stand the sight of each other: stroppy...
- 3/1/2018
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
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